Nokia and KDDI Corporation have announced the successful demonstration of quantum-safe optical transport capabilities at KDDI’s Sakai Data Center in Japan.
The Sakai facility has been developed to support advanced artificial intelligence workloads, including real-time AI training, inference and large-scale data analytics. According to the companies, the demonstration highlights efforts to build infrastructure designed to address increasing performance and security requirements linked to AI-driven applications.
The network architecture used in the demonstration incorporates built-in cryptographic capabilities intended to protect personal data, critical infrastructure and AI-related workloads. As part of the trial, KDDI deployed Nokia’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) with C+L Band technology alongside the 1830 Security Management Server (SMS).
The companies stated that the optical platform enables high-capacity data transport while supporting quantum-safe encryption designed to operate at network speeds. The approach is aimed at ensuring data privacy, resiliency and secure connectivity across KDDI’s distributed data center environment.
The demonstration forms part of broader industry efforts to prepare telecommunications infrastructure for potential future risks posed by quantum computing to conventional encryption methods.
This groundbreaking initiative sets a new benchmark for advanced AI-ready data center connectivity. As KDDI continues its quantum-safe, AI-ready data center infrastructure build out, our partnership will deliver secure and scalable digital services in Japan and beyond. Nokia’s optical transport solutions meet the demands of modern AI workloads by delivering trusted performance, while at the same time reducing cybersecurity risks, protecting critical AI data in flight for enterprises, governments, and critical infrastructure providers.
Ron Johnson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Optical Networks, at Nokia
High levels of security and performance are essential for the communications infrastructure that underpins AI. Nokia’s optical transport solutions are a perfect fit for these requirements and were instrumental to the success of this demonstration. As AI data centers are deployed in a distributed manner across Japan, we will continue to work closely with Nokia to advance the development of cutting-edge quantum-safe, and resilient networks that seamlessly connect these facilities.
Tetsuo Mukai, General Manager, Access Network Technical Division, KDDI
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