TL;DR:
- Huawei launches AI-ready data storage solutions for carriers at MWC 2025.
- The company provides an AI data lake solution, advanced storage products, and the FlashEver business model.
- These solutions address data challenges in the AI era and support telco-to-techco transformation.
- Huawei is committed to driving AI adoption in the carrier industry.
Huawei has unveiled its AI-Ready data storage solutions for carriers at MWC 2025 Barcelona. Dr. Peter Zhou, President of Huawei Data Storage Product Line, highlighted the company’s commitment to accelerating the telco-to-techco transformation through advanced data storage technologies.
Addressing Data Challenges in the AI Era
Dr. Zhou emphasized that the AI-powered transformation of industries is creating a significant opportunity for data. Global carriers are seeking to capitalize on application scenarios like smart homes and digital factories, which increase demands on data storage, service capabilities, and business models.
To address these challenges, Huawei Data Storage is providing an AI-Ready data lake solution, diverse data storage services, and the FlashEver business model. These offerings aim to transform disordered data into valuable assets.
AI-Ready Data Lake and Advanced Storage Solutions
Huawei’s AI-Ready data lake breaks down data silos, making data accessible and manageable. For mission-critical workloads, Huawei has launched:
- New-Gen OceanStor Dorado Converged All-Flash Storage: Designed for high performance and reliability, supporting tens of billions of daily charging services and robust mobile financial services, boasting 100 million-level IOPS and financial-grade reliability.
- OceanStor A Series High-Performance AI Storage: Enhances AI training and inference capabilities.
- Enhanced Object Storage: Facilitates seamless integration with cloud-native and AI applications.
- New-Gen OceanStor Pacific All-Flash Scale-Out Storage: Handles mass data with exabyte-level scalability and low power consumption, addressing cost pressures from services like live streams and XR games.
- New-Gen OceanProtect All-Flash Backup Storage: Provides five times faster data recovery than industry alternatives, supporting emergency drills and AI application development.
Diverse Data Storage Services for AI Evolution
Carriers face challenges in AI adoption, including data engineering, AI model development, data preparation, model training, and application development. The Huawei DCS AI Solution provides a one-stop AI toolchain and containerized environment, accelerating AI model fine-tuning and deployment.
FlashEver Business Model for Investment Protection
The FlashEver business model protects carrier investments by offering an evolutionary, flexible architecture for seamless upgrades of live-network equipment. Huawei’s storage platform services provide flexible purchase options, SLA assurance, and diverse storage and data services, ensuring high-quality customer experiences.
Huawei is committed to building AI-ready data storage foundations and future-proof storage power to drive AI adoption in the carrier industry.
MWC Barcelona 2025 is being held from March 3rd to 6th in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei is showcasing its products at stand 1H50 in Fira Gran Via Hall 1. More information is available at: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwc2025