Nokia and Furukawa Electric LatAm are intensifying their partnership in Brazil to introduce advanced data center solutions aimed at enhancing operational efficiency. This collaboration underscores the increasing demand for data center automation in the region, driven by evolving technological needs.

The partnership, which has been active since 2022, will present solutions that integrate Nokia's data center automation platform with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack detection and mitigation capabilities. These solutions are now immediately available to the Brazilian market, aimed at both large and small data centers.

Furukawa will provide Nokia’s Data Center Fabric, which includes their high-performance data center switching platforms supported by Nokia SR Linux, a flexible and resilient operating system designed for modern networking environments.

Roberto Kihara, General Sales Manager for Furukawa Electric LatAm, expressed enthusiasm about the expanded collaboration: “We are delighted to be able to extend our partnership with Nokia to offer the most advanced passive optical network technology available. The POL market is very hot in Latin America and we have a lot to achieve together in the region's data center market. Brazil is a promising market and exemplary in terms of investment volume and demand for automation solutions.”

Juan Pablo Anadon, Head of Enterprise, Webscale and Partners Sales for Latin America at Nokia, outlined the benefits of their new Event-Driven Automation platform, stating: “Together with Furukawa Electric LatAm, we are committed to bringing cutting-edge data center technology to the Latin American business market quickly. Our new EDA platform, developed for the AI era, simplifies data center management and can cut down operational efforts up to 40%.”

The enhanced partnership not only aims to deliver more sophisticated automation solutions in Brazil but also reinforces the ongoing collaboration to offer passive optical network technologies throughout Latin America.