Nokia has been selected by Malaysian mobile operator Maxis to upgrade the carrier's data center infrastructure.
In an announcement, the Finnish vendor noted that its infrastructure upgrades will support Maxis' plans to simplify network operations, solve problems faster, and automate workloads.
As part of the upgrades, Nokia said it will deploy its 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR) data center switches and EDA technology across multiple Maxis data centers.
Nokia says on its website that the 7220 IXR provides high-capacity, high-density, fixed configuration platforms designed for data center leaf-spine deployments.
According to Nokia, the upgrade will help Maxis to "provision infrastructure resources without delay, reduce complexity, and ensure secure applications running in the network can scale gracefully."
“This expansion of our longstanding collaboration with Nokia will drive next-generation connectivity in anticipation of customers’ growing needs," said Goh Seow Eng, Maxis CEO.
"It reflects Malaysia’s emergence as a hub for data centers and hyperscalers, in line with greater adoption of AI-enabled cloud infrastructure. This initiative will enhance our network capabilities, ensuring we are able to continue providing best-in-class connectivity-adjacent solutions powered by fast, secure, and reliable connectivity."
Nokia has outlined its data center push in the past 12 months, hiring Intel's AI data center lead Justin Hotard as its new CEO earlier this month. Hotard will join the vendor at the start of April.
The company noted in Hotard's appointment that AI and data center markets are "critical areas for Nokia’s future growth."
Current CEO Pekka Lundmark has previously stated that Nokia sees a "significant opportunity" to expand its presence in the data center market.
Following his comments, Nokia extended its existing agreement to supply Microsoft Azure with data center routers and switches. Then in December, Nokia along with Kyndryl announced plans to offer advanced data center networking solutions and services to global enterprises.
In September, Nokia also announced the launch of a data center automation platform, which it describes as an "event-driven automation" (EDA) platform.
