Supermicro Expands AI-RAN and Sovereign AI Infrastructure at MWC Barcelona

Mar 2, 2026
Supermicro announced expanded support for AI-RAN and Sovereign AI infrastructure at MWC Barcelona, showcasing systems powered by NVIDIA technologies and collaborations with Nokia, SK Telecom, and Telenor.
Supermicro Expands AI-RAN and Sovereign AI Infrastructure at MWC Barcelona

Supermicro announced in a press release that it is expanding support for AI-RAN and Sovereign AI infrastructure solutions at MWC Barcelona. The company is collaborating with global partners including Nokia Corporation, SK Telecom, and Telenor to demonstrate real-world use cases combining performance, scalability, and energy efficiency.

Supermicro’s new AI-RAN systems are designed to support the latest NVIDIA technologies, including the Blackwell architecture and NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer (ARC) design. The lineup features the ARS-111L-FR short-depth 1U system for distributed RAN workloads, the high-performance ARS-221GL-NR 2U Grace Superchip system, and the ARS-111GL-NHR 1U Grace Hopper Superchip system with integrated GPU and high-speed NVLink interconnect.

Telenor is showcasing its AI Factory, Norway’s first sovereign AI cloud platform built entirely within national borders using Supermicro and NVIDIA infrastructure. SK Telecom is presenting the Haein Cluster, a large-scale sovereign AI platform featuring over 1,000 Supermicro AI servers equipped with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. Nokia is demonstrating its AnyRAN software suite running on validated Supermicro systems, along with hybrid AI/ML infrastructure designs using Supermicro AS-8125GS-TNMR2 servers.

Supermicro’s Data Center Building Block Solutions are designed for rapid deployment and scaling of AI data centers, providing modular architectures and advanced thermal designs for efficient operation across telecom and sovereign AI environments.

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