HPE has announced a strategic collaboration with 2degrees, one of New Zealand’s leading telecommunications and technology providers, to accelerate AI-driven innovation through a purpose-built private AI platform powered by HPE Private Cloud AI. This initiative modernizes 2degrees’ technology environment, creating a sovereign, unified, and flexible infrastructure that ensures critical customer and operational data remains stored onshore in New Zealand. The solution enhances security, improves network reliability, reduces downtime, and optimizes performance by delivering an integrated on-premise environment with advanced AI-driven analytics.
The turnkey AI factory architecture enables 2degrees to dynamically allocate compute and storage resources across various AI use cases while maintaining complete control over data.
“Using HPE Private Cloud AI, co-developed with NVIDIA as part of NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE, 2degrees will be able to dynamically allocate resources across AI use cases and scale compute and storage as demand evolves – while maintaining full data sovereignty.”
This collaboration provides 2degrees with the foundation to deliver superior network performance, introduce new customer offerings more rapidly, and respond effectively to evolving market demands.
“Our collaboration with 2degrees demonstrates what is possible when you combine local expertise with HPE’s world-class innovation,” said Colin Henderson, Managing Director, New Zealand at HPE. “By deploying HPE’s turnkey AI factory, 2degrees is setting a benchmark for how New Zealand organizations can use AI responsibly — accelerating transformation while maintaining full control over their data.”
The partnership reinforces 2degrees’ dedication to data sovereignty amid increasing global data regulation complexities. By keeping data under New Zealand governance, the platform ensures compliance and security while enabling advanced AI applications.
“Partnering with HPE allows us to innovate and grow with confidence as we continue our journey to become New Zealand’s leading telco in value, innovation and growth,” said Stephen Kurzeja, Chief Technology and Information Officer at 2degrees. “NVIDIA and HPE’s private AI solution gives us the capability to move faster, unlock deeper insights from our data, and build AI-driven solutions that make our network smarter, more resilient, and responsive to the needs of customers across New Zealand. HPE Private Cloud AI also allows us to safely and securely embed AI across 2degrees as we accelerate real-world multi-agent AI use cases.”
“We’ve already seen strong results across multiple areas,” Kurzeja added. “For example, local AI is a critical enabler for AI-driven network operations with multiple local AI agents moving us toward a smarter, more resilient, and increasingly self-driving network that better serves customers across New Zealand.”
This initiative marks a significant step in 2degrees’ digital transformation journey, applying AI to enhance network intelligence, customer personalization, and operational efficiency. By building on HPE Private Cloud AI, 2degrees is establishing a secure, locally governed foundation for future innovation in New Zealand’s telecommunications sector.
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