In today’s world of artificial intelligence, having sovereign AI—where systems and data remain within a country’s borders—is crucial for national security and compliance with local laws. To strengthen its competitive edge internationally, Australian cloud provider ResetData has rolled out a new networking backbone powered by Nokia, which supports its plans for sovereign AI factory datacenters across Australia.
With backing from Centuria Capital Group, ResetData offers a range of services, including AI factories, an AI marketplace, and cloud solutions. These services eventually provide onshore and on-demand access to AI machine learning and large language models for government and businesses. ResetData is stepping into a market where most of the data—90%—is less than two years old, and much of it, about 80%, is unstructured. Notably, 70% of enterprises are now leveraging AI to make sense of this data.
This focus on sovereign AI means tens of thousands of teams in Australia will soon have this essential capability, transforming everyday life and work. ResetData is eyeing an Australian cloud services market that experienced a 19% growth in 2024.
On the tech side, ResetData’s AI factories utilize liquid immersion cooling, which is up to ten times more efficient than traditional methods. This innovation could cut cloud costs by 40% and reduce emissions by 45%. In contrast, many older, air-cooled data centers now consume more energy for cooling than for computing.
ResetData is launching its NVIDIA-certified, multi-megawatt H200 GPU-cluster supercomputer specifically designed for quicker AI training and deeper inferencing. The first sovereign public AI factory, AI-F1, will open in Melbourne’s central business district in Q2 2025. The company is also making GPU as a Service (GPUaaS) and full AI factories available to meet rising demand.
Starting in Melbourne, ResetData will deploy the Nokia 7750 Service Router in commercial properties across the country, creating a series of efficient, liquid immersion-cooled AI factories. Nokia has emphasized that its FP5-based IP platform will ensure fast, reliable, and secure performance, achieving a significant reduction in energy consumption compared to older generations.
Additionally, the FP5-based 7750 SR-1x will connect ResetData’s GPU clusters to the internet, offering routing speeds of up to 800Gbps. Karl Kloppenborg, ResetData’s CTO, remarked, “Our partnership with Nokia is critical in rolling out onshore, on-demand AI capabilities for the first time, and their commitment to sustainability aligns perfectly with ours.”
Vach Kompella, Nokia’s senior vice-president and general manager of IP Networks, stated that their IP portfolio is ready to meet the demands of AI infrastructure. They support ResetData as it leads the charge in delivering Australia’s first sovereign AI at scale, balancing speed, capacity, reliability, cost-efficiency, and sustainability.