Nokia Cuts Energy Use in ResetData AI Data Centres
Australia is taking a major step toward sovereign AI capability with ResetData’s launch of liquid immersion-cooled AI Factory data centres.
These new sites, built on a partnership with Nokia, mark a shift in how data infrastructure is built, powered and secured.
With the support of Nokia’s FP5-powered routing, the project delivers high-speed connectivity with a 75% reduction in energy use for routing functions.
A national backbone for sovereign AI infrastructure
ResetData has chosen Nokia to provide the core networking architecture for its rollout of AI Factory data centres.
These facilities are the first of their kind in Australia to operate under sovereign infrastructure principles, meaning they keep systems and data within national borders.
The infrastructure employs liquid immersion cooling technology, which makes the centres up to 10 times more efficient than traditional sites.
As well as reducing emissions by up to 45%, this approach can also lower operating costs by 40%, giving ResetData’s clients access to cost-effective, sustainable AI compute power.
To support these operations, ResetData deploys Nokia’s 7750 Service Router, which includes the FP5 network processor.
FP5 delivers ultra-low latency, lossless transmission and embedded security, making it suitable for the demands of machine learning, large language models and other high-performance AI workloads.
The routing solution also provides speeds of up to 800Gb/s and supports precise timing, essential for real-time processing tasks.
In addition to performance, the energy profile is a core feature.
FP5 cuts energy use by three-quarters compared to earlier technology generations, aligning with ResetData’s sustainability targets.
Karl Kloppenborg, Chief Technology Officer at ResetData, says: "We are moving quickly because sovereign AI is critical to Australia's international competitiveness.
"With the ResetData AI Marketplace, our rollout delivers critical AI, machine learning and large language model capabilities on-shore and on-demand for the first time.
"To make it happen, we needed a partner as committed to sustainability as we are, with local resourcing and global reach, who could meet a demanding timeline, scale from single GPUs to entire AI Factories and replicate Melbourne's launch nationally. Nokia has been a core partner at every step."
Infrastructure meets sustainability in the AI era
The ResetData AI Factory model offers an alternative to traditional cloud and compute infrastructure.
By prioritising national control and environmental performance, ResetData targets enterprise and government organisations that need high-output compute infrastructure hosted domestically.
Centuria Capital Group supports the rollout by supplying commercial property across the country for data centre deployment.
With this foundation, ResetData can replicate the initial Melbourne installation nationwide, offering scalable compute for clients across Australia.
Nokia’s equipment acts as a gateway, linking high-performance GPU clusters inside the facilities with the wider internet. These clusters are responsible for training and running AI applications.
As AI models grow in size and complexity, the networking infrastructure supporting them must scale accordingly, delivering not just speed, but also the security and efficiency to meet national standards and expectations.
Nokia’s FP5 technology is central to this scaling plan.
As the demand for sovereign AI services rises, the routers will enable ResetData to maintain consistent performance levels while meeting environmental, regulatory and operational requirements.
Vach Kompella, Senior Vice President and General Manager of IP Networks at Nokia, says: "As dynamic new-generation cloud builders like ResetData seize the opportunities that artificial intelligence generates, Nokia is ready with an IP portfolio primed for AI infrastructure's stringent and exacting data demands.
"Combining speed, capacity and reliability with cost-efficiency and sustainability, Nokia IP is a top choice for the world's most modern and secure data centres."
Building AI capability for enterprise and government
The collaboration reflects the growing demand for national AI strategies that go beyond compute capacity to include sovereignty and sustainability.
Australia’s cloud services market grows 19% year-on-year, and ResetData’s positioning addresses these demands directly, offering AI infrastructure that is hosted onshore, cooled efficiently and powered by next-generation routing.
The AI Factory rollout gives enterprise and public sector organisations a platform to access machine learning and large language model capabilities within national borders.
This reduces reliance on global cloud providers and increases the control these institutions have over data and operations.
Nokia’s contribution to ResetData’s AI network sets a technical benchmark that may influence how data centre providers across the Asia-Pacific region approach infrastructure design.
From energy efficiency to regulatory compliance, the partnership shows how telco-grade routing can enable the next wave of cloud-native AI deployments.
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