Nokia strengthens AI data center performance and AI-enabled automation with enhanced portfolio

Nokia strengthens AI data center performance and AI-enabled automation with enhanced portfolio

• AI places significant new challenges on the network, creating opportunities for increased network and operational innovation.
• New Nokia data center switches deliver breakthrough network performance, reaching 102.4 Terabits per second (Tb/s) with 1.6 Terabit Ethernet (TE) interface speeds—doubling throughput and interface performance—while providing unmatched flexibility for wide range of deployment scenarios.
• Nokia EDA platform offers AIOps capabilities allowing transformation of operational environment and contributing to a 96% reduction in downtime.

13 November 2025

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced it is expanding and enhancing its data center networking portfolio to meet the increasing performance and scalability demands of connecting AI workloads, while leveraging the power of AI to drive more efficiency and reliability into data center operations.

The company is introducing its new family of 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR) high-performance data center switches along with an enhanced suite of Artificial Intelligence for Operations (AIOps) tools for its Event-Driven Automation (EDA) management platform. Together, these innovations deliver the extreme performance and reliability required to support advanced AI training and inference workloads driven by increasing demand for agentic AI applications.

The emergence and widespread adoption of agentic AI-enabled applications is reshaping data center requirements, prompting a rapid evolution in networking solutions. AI is driving these advancements which present a dual opportunity for network innovation and operational transformation. These are exactly the forces behind the most recent developments in Nokia’s data center switching portfolio.

“Our partnership with Nokia continues to deliver meaningful operating advantages amid the
accelerating pace of AI innovation. With Nokia’s technology, Nscale strengthens its ability to deliver for our shared customers. This announcement further extends Nokia’s leadership, and reinforces our confidence that, together, we’re best serving the needs of customers who rely on advanced AI technology,” said Tom Burke, Chief Revenue Officer, at Nscale.

“The 1.6 TE interface speeds on Nokia’s new family of 7220 IXR switches hit a sweet spot in the market as agentic AI compels a change in data center networking requirements. Agentic AI-powered AIOps on Nokia’s EDA platform is timely, driving increased operational efficiency and reliability in a demanding network environment. Also great to see Nokia’s commitment to the UEC as 650 Group analysis projects Ethernet will be the dominant networking protocol for AI moving forward,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst, at 650 Group.