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NOKIA SELECTED BY DE-CIX TO UPGRADE NEW YORK ’ S LARGEST INTERNET EXCHANGE BACKBONE
Nokia and DE-CIX are to upgrade the backbone network for DE-CIX New York – the largest IX in NY and in the US Northeast region . The DE-CIX backbone will be upgraded to 400 Gigabit Ethernet ( GE ) using Nokia optical technology and redesigned in a ring topology , redundantly interconnecting the 10 data centre facilities where DE-CIX infrastructure is housed and enhancing the resiliency of the platform for all participants .
The Nokia optical solution also enables 800GE support for anticipated further growth of the IX and employs Reconfigurable Optical Add / Drop Multiplexer ( ROADM ) technology to ensure much greater routing flexibility and faster reaction times in the case of incidents .
Dr . Thomas King , CTO , DE-CIX , said : “ When we began planning the upgrade of our New York backbone , we wanted to simplify our network , while also increasing the resilience of the platform . We took a detailed look at the options in the market and Nokia was the best choice for us .”
Within a dense wavelength-division multiplexing ( DWDM ) system , the ROADM technology in Nokia ’ s 1830 Photonic Service Switch ( PSS ) makes it possible to automatically reroute
waves at the optical layer in any direction around the backbone . This means that incidents at any location in the network can be mitigated more rapidly and less capacity is required at the IP layer to guarantee the same level of resilience .
Stellium Datacenters , a leading UK colocation operator and provider of innovative data centre infrastructure solutions , has launched an Open Compute Project ( OCP ) Proof of Concept at its HPC hyperscale data centre near Newcastle . This follows the integration phase of an immersion cooling system into Stellium ’ s OCP-Ready certified infrastructure in collaboration with Submer and their partners .
“ With Submer and our OCP Partners , we are leading the way in immersion cooling technology capable of costeffectively addressing the exponential cooling demands of high performance AI and ML computing . Our joint collaboration is an exemplar of how to achieve this goal and without compromise when it comes to reliability , processing performance and energy efficiency .”
Based on OCP design and engineering protocols Submer ’ s installation represents the first ORv3 showcase deployed in Europe – a specification within the broader OCP concept that focuses on rack design and power supply regulation .
In combination with ExxonMobil ’ s DC 3235 Super fluid , the compute is powered by MiTAC ’ s Capri 2 servers with AMD CPUs and server components provided by Circle B . Other key contributions to the solution so far include TE Connectivity busbars ; Murata power shelves ; Edge-Corenetwork switch ; FormericaOE immersion fibre cables .
“ As one of the first OCP-Ready data centres in the UK , Stellium is delighted to be at the heart of this significant engineering achievement which is being followed with great interest by existing and prospective customers ,” said Ed Bissell , Sales and Marketing Director , Stellium Datacenters .
IMMERSION COOLING OCP PROOF OF CONCEPT COMPLETED AT STELLIUM DATACENTERS ’ UK HYPERSCALE FACILITY
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