Nokia and Lenovo Join Forces on AI Data Center Platform

Nokia and Lenovo agreed to jointly create data center networking and automation services for enterprises and service providers. The goal is to support their storage and transit needs across AI, machine learning (ML), and other compute-intensive workloads.

The partnership involves Lenovo’s ThinkSystem AI-enabled portfolio of servers and storage with No’skia Data Centre network portfolio, which includes data center fabric, IP routing, and DDoS security offerings along with its event-driven automation platform.

The two companies stated the combined platform will help meet the processing and network requirements for modern workloads. The vendors noted that as AI models are trained, data centers for inferencing will be needed where AI clusters are networked both within and between the data centers at the edge.

They stated the integration of their technologies with a validated blueprint architecture enables the automation of AI and ML and compute-intensive workloads with improved observability and programmability. Nokia and Lenovo also heralded the built-in security measures of their respective portfolios to detect and thwart threats in real time. They also stated their energy-efficient designs reduce power consumption and operational costs while promoting sustainability.