Category: AI

The Nordic blueprint for Europe’s AI infrastructure

The race to lead the world in artificial intelligence is no longer theoretical. It is happening now – and Europe is falling behind. While the United States mobilizes hyperscale cloud capability and China coordinates national ambition at industrial scale, Europe spreads its effort across 27 member states, each pursuing a smaller, separate strategy. Yet in […]

How backbone networks support AI infrastructure

AI workloads are rapidly reshaping infrastructure demands and design. Currently, AI model training is mostly concentrated in centralized campuses with access to affordable power, typically with less proximity to network infrastructure. Simultaneously, these workloads are driving data center interconnection traffic, particularly as distributed architectures become more common and latency requirements tighten.

Extending our AI superhighway into the Nordics and Baltics

After explosive data center expansion in the US, the AI-driven data center boom seems to finally be taking off in Europe. But not all markets are born equal. Many factors are converging to position the Nordics as an AI data center hub.

NaaS – The backbone of agentic AI

Last month, I had the privilege of attending Global NaaS Event (GNE) 2025 in Arlington, Texas. Over five days, more than 500 leaders across enterprise IT, service providers, technology vendors, cloud and data center operators, cybersecurity, systems integrators, media, and analysts came together to explore one theme: how Network‑as‑a‑Service (NaaS) is evolving to power AI at global scale. Here […]

Balancing AI’s opportunities and challenges to serve enterprises

AI has taken the technology industry by storm, with enterprises deploying emerging applications to create business value. Amid this shift, operators are leveraging network automation, optical innovation and more to support enterprise AI use cases. Still, the technology ecosystem must balance AI’s opportunities with its challenges. While AI can improve operations, it can also leave […]

How enterprises can evaluate their multi-vendor strategy in the age of AI

As AI/ML implementations accelerate, the stakes are higher for enterprises to secure reliable, scalable connectivity that enables these applications’ real-time functionality. Enterprises are increasingly diversifying their connectivity choices to meet these requirements, with local providers supporting access use cases and wholesale operators providing core connectivity. Many operators are maximizing diversity, scalability, physical security and other […]

Is your enterprise network ready to capture the AI opportunity?

With so much focus on the chipsets and data centers enabling artificial intelligence (AI), what’s network connectivity’s role? AI is defining the future – adoption has exceeded all expectations and AI workloads are set to increase dramatically over the next five years. But AI is only as good as the real-life connectivity it depends upon. […]

Scaling AI through our global network footprint

As the connectivity ecosystem evolves rapidly, a robust Internet backbone becomes even more crucial to ensure the real-time functionality of AI applications. In turn, operators must enhance diversity, reliability and reach to enable high-capacity data transfer between data center campuses or to support end-user requests at the network edge. To leverage the power of AI […]
Dariusz Solowiej, Arelion

How our optical investments support AI

Arelion’s many industry firsts and technological benchmarks reinforce the importance of optical innovation in our business model, proving that it persists as a vital component of our DNA. But how do our recent optical networking investments and live network field trials provide the foundation for businesses needing to capitalize on AI’s capabilities? 

Better, faster, simpler: Arelion’s AI networking advantage

The rise of AI is pushing connectivity’s limits, requiring lower-latency data transfer, resilient infrastructure and an expansive network footprint. Arelion has built our network to meet these demands for over three decades. With one of the world’s most extensive and scalable Internet backbones, we’re not just keeping pace; we’re setting the standard. Whether supporting massive […]

Building the blueprint for AI-driven connectivity

The internet ecosystem is in constant transition, and with that evolution comes changing dynamics and shifts across the value chain. Historically, internet hubs and interconnects have emerged from factors such as population density and fiber route junctions. As a result, these hubs were traditionally confined to a set of larger cities and contained to a small set of facilities within those.