On 21st November, Nokia, with the Trump administration, announced its intentions to increase its U.S. R&D and manufacturing capacity by investing in AI-ready mobile, fixed access, IP, optical, and data center networking technologies with a $4 billion investment. 

The investment (with a slow payback) is on top of the Nokia investment worth 2.3 billion dollars in U.S. manufacturing, R&D, and Artificial Intelligence connectivity with its acquisition of Infinera. Infinera had also announced plans to invest $456m on two plant locations in the US, which were also incentivized by the CHIPS Act.

Nokia anticipates its investment in the U.S. R&D to be approximately $3.5 billion, and this is indicative of the dedication of the company to explore the next generation of connectivity and AI technology in all aspects of the network, such as mobile, fixed, IP, optical, data center networking technology, and mission-critical/defense solutions. 

Nokia is dedicated to further development of the innovative technologies in the United States, in the footsteps of its Nokia Bell Labs, which have won numerous awards in the U.S., based in New Jersey. The researchers and innovators of Nokia Bell Labs have over 100 years of history of technological innovation, from the discovery of the transistor to the latest achievements of digital communications and now AI.

Approximately $500 million U.S. capital funds will be spent in production, research, and development in the U.S. states that cover Texas, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

The U.S. investment plan will drive up the all-inclusive package of AI-optimized networking solutions that the company has, R&D leadership in the state-of-the-art networking technologies, such as automation, quantum-safe networks, semiconductor manufacturing, testing, and packaging, and advanced material sciences.