DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
“AI WORKLOADS PLACE VERY DIFFERENT DEMANDS ON THE NETWORK THAN TRADITIONAL CLOUD APPLICATIONS”
David Heard President of Network Infrastructure Nokia
“ We operate an open systems interconnect model,” Ciarán explains.“ That’ s where our partnership with Nokia really comes into play. They have higher layer products that we don’ t implement in our network, but we talk about dynamic routing. AI tooling integrates with the optical layer and we’ ve already started to roll out different software platforms that allow us to manage our capacity and give us early indications of faults on equipment.”
Navigating the supply crunch Looking ahead, the primary hurdle facing digital infrastructure isn’ t just software design – it is physical supply and geography. Connecting gigafactories across continents requires long-term planning to
98 October 2026