Nokia Optical Networks for high-performance, business-critical and AI-era connectivity
Nokia Optical Networks provides the scalable, intelligent and secure connectivity foundation that powers AI infrastructure, business-critical applications and mission-critical operations. From data center interconnect and cloud networking to healthcare systems, financial institutions and critical infrastructure environments, Nokia helps organizations transport rapidly growing volumes of data with exceptional performance, resiliency and operational simplicity.
Key Capabilities
Scale for the AI era
Support rapidly growing bandwidth requirements across AI data centers, cloud environments and business-critical networks through high-capacity optical networking built for continuous growth.
Simplify operations
Reduce complexity and accelerate service delivery through standards-based, multi-domain automation and intelligent network management.
Secure critical data
Protect sensitive applications and infrastructure with advanced encryption technologies and next-generation security innovations designed for highly regulated industries.
Who This Is For
AI data centers and cloud providers
Organizations deploying AI infrastructure require scalable, low-latency connectivity between data centers, cloud regions, GPU clusters and storage environments. Nokia Optical Networks delivers high-bandwidth optical connectivity optimized for AI workloads and large-scale data movement.
Financial services
Banking, trading, insurance and financial institutions' applications, risk models and customer expectations operate in real-time. Legacy optical platforms do not match well with their business velocity, regulatory pressures and cyber threats. Modern optical solutions support the latest digital banking and financial applications, providing greater customer reach, transaction speed and trust, AI-workload capacity and network reliability.
Utilities and critical infrastructure
Electric utilities, transportation agencies, government organizations and industrial operators must accelerate their grid modernization and new AI opportunities while navigating the challenges of aging network assets and workforce attrition. Modern optical networking provides the secure, always-on communications needed to support emerging IT applications and AI workloads; both legacy and modern operational technology (OT) interfaces.
Healthcare
Hospitals, healthcare providers and research institutions require secure, deterministic, high-capacity and highly reliable connectivity. These capabilities are needed to protect patient data, support on-demand capacity for data-intensive applications, ensure clinical continuity and for clinical AI.
Broadest portfolio
1830 Global Express (GX)
Compact, high-performance optical transport platform optimized for AI and cloud provider open IT operational models. Designed to deliver scalable, power-efficient connectivity between data centers and distributed compute environments across the campus, the country or the ocean.
1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS)
Flexible optical transport solutions supporting metro, regional, long-haul and mission-critical networks. Optimized for telecom operational models and OTN architectures. It enables scalable wavelength services, network modernization and resilient connectivity across enterprise and service provider environments.
Coherent pluggable optical engines (ICE-X)
Industry-leading coherent optical engines that maximize fiber capacity, extend reach and enable efficient scaling from enterprise WANs to AI-driven data center networks. Available in both embedded, sled-based and pluggable IPoDWDM form factors.
Open optical line systems
Open and programmable optical infrastructure that simplifies network evolution and supports flexible deployment strategies across multi-vendor environments.
Intra-data center optics
Power-efficient optical technologies designed to support growing AI and cloud workloads while reducing energy consumption and operational costs within data center environments.
Network automation and control
AI-powered automation, orchestration and assurance capabilities that provide end-to-end visibility, accelerate service delivery and simplify network operations.
Industry use cases
AI Data Centers and Cloud Providers
Optical networking enables:
- AI cluster interconnect
- Data center interconnect
- Cloud region connectivity
- High-performance data movement
- Distributed AI infrastructure
Nokia's optical portfolio is specifically designed to be an advanced connectivity foundation for the AI era, including DCI solutions and intra-data-center optical technologies.
Financial Services
Optical networking supports:
- Low-latency trading environments
- Capacity needed for training and running AI models
- Network reach to connect additional trading venues
- Service continuity and transaction trust
- Secure transport for sensitive financial data and intellectual property
Utilities and Critical Infrastructure
Optical networking supports:
- Grid modernization
- Utility backbone networks
- Operational technology communications
- Transportation infrastructure networks
- Government communications systems
Healthcare
Optical networking supports:
- AI-assisted radiology and medical imaging
- Hospital, life sciences and research data center interconnect
- Electronic health records
- Real-time monitoring and telemedicine
- Augmented- and virtual-reality surgical training and robotic workflows
Why Nokia Optical Networks?
Built for the AI era
Nokia Optical Networks supports the rapidly increasing connectivity demands associated with AI, cloud and digital transformation initiatives.
Scale efficiently
Carrier-grade optical platforms and high-capacity coherent optical technologies help organizations scale network capacity while maintaining operational efficiency.
Simplify operations
AI-powered automation and multi-domain network management help accelerate deployment, troubleshooting and service activation.
Secure your network
Advanced encryption technologies and quantum-safe innovations help organizations protect sensitive data and critical infrastructure.
Trusted innovation
Nokia combines vertically integrated optical technology, advanced manufacturing capabilities and global support resources to help organizations deploy and scale optical networks with confidence.