Nokia moves data to Google Cloud, abandoning inefficient service equipment

According to reports, Nokia announced today that it has signed a five-year agreement with Google to migrate its IT infrastructure to Google Cloud. For Google, this marks another major company’s support for its cloud services.

Ravi Parmasad, vice president of Nokia’s global IT infrastructure, said in an interview with the media that Nokia will abandon its inefficient data centers and servers in about 12 countries. These data centers and servers are accumulated through various acquisitions, including self-owned and leased.

Nokia and Google declined to disclose the financial terms of the transaction.

Palmersad said: “Every few years, you have to invest in all these hardware. Now, we can break this cycle.”

As a former mobile phone production giant, Nokia is now focusing on building network equipment for the next generation of 5G wireless services. Currently, Nokia is competing with Ericsson and Huawei for global 5G market share.

Google Cloud Sales President Rob Enslin (Rob Enslin) said: “We are making significant progress in the field of telecommunications.” Recently, Google and Vodafone and other operators reached a cloud cooperation agreement.

In addition, Google recently reached a multi-year agreement with Renault to store manufacturing data for it. This is also Google’s first major industrial cloud transaction in France.

At the same time, Google’s business scope has surpassed the search and advertising market to become one of the largest Internet infrastructure providers.