Nokia Joins Open Compute Project as Platinum Member to Boost AI Data Center and Edge Innovation

Nokia has announced its Platinum-level membership in the Open Compute Project (OCP), accelerating its efforts to deliver the next generation of open, scalable, and intelligent networks that will power the AI-driven future.

Nokia, being part of the 500-member OCP organisation further deepens its commitment to solving complex AI challenges, working with infrastructure operators and vendors to deliver open, standards-based networking solutions.

Additionally, the data center and network edge, where AI traffic connects to the internet, are reaching the limits of their capacity, power, and scalability. Despite technological innovations that deliver faster compute and connectivity, AI’s rapid growth increasingly requires the interconnection of multiple data centres and scaling resources across physical sites.

Furthermore, this is the focus of Nokia’s partnership: using its deep expertise in optical and IP layer integration to scale distributed architectures; AI-native wireless to enhance consumer and enterprise experiences; efficient PON out-of-band management; advanced optical systems for inter-data-centre connectivity; high-speed optical interconnects that improve compute-to-compute performance and energy efficiency; and AI-driven network operations.

“We are pleased to welcome Nokia to the Open Compute Project (OCP) community as a Platinum member. Data center (DC) operators are seeking dependable, efficient, and open, adoptable technologies to build and scale their AI clusters, scaling up and out within their DCs and scaling across DCs. As a leading industry player, Nokia will bring valuable expertise to the OCP community, collaborating to drive innovation while reducing development time, costs, and complexity for all industry participants,” said George Tchaparian, Chief Executive Officer at OCP.

Pallavi Mahanjan, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Nokia, noted, “As AI reshapes data center architectures, we are excited to join the Open Compute Project Community as a Platinum member. The design and delivery of new solutions will require open standards, innovation, and collaboration between data center technology vendors and operators. We look forward to working with OCP Community members to bring new ideas that meet the highest levels of scale, reliability, and efficiency to AI data centers and edge operations.”

Nokia’s data centre networking solutions include high-performance switches and optics that enhance connectivity within data centres, as well as IP and optical technologies that connect data centres to one another. The comprehensive portfolio delivers unmatched performance, scalability, and efficiency for the most demanding environments.

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