{"id":127793,"date":"2026-07-13T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/127793\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:58:12","slug":"construction-begins-on-nokias-ottawa-innovation-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/127793\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction begins on Nokia\u2019s Ottawa innovation campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nokia-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nokia-2.jpg\" alt=\"Modern building with Nokia logo, featuring geometric design and large windows, surrounded by autumn trees at sunset, evoking a calm, innovative atmosphere.\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1146\"  \/><\/a>The new campus replaces aging facilities. Image courtesy CNW Group\/Nokia<\/p>\n<p>A new 69,677-m2 (750,000-sf) research and development campus for Nokia is now under construction in Ottawa. Broccolini is leading the build in Kanata North Tech Park.<\/p>\n<p>Crews began active construction on July 9. The campus will be built to high sustainability standards, incorporating LEED principles, low-carbon materials, and resilient energy systems.<\/p>\n<p>Nokia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/nokia-canada-breaks-ground-on-new-ottawa-innovation-campus-helping-to-shape-the-future-of-canadian-tech-leadership-825288262.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says the facility<\/a> will support the company\u2019s next-generation research, advancing AI-powered networks, data centre networking, quantum-safe infrastructure, and 6G technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The new campus is part of a long-term redevelopment of Nokia\u2019s 26-acre Kanata North property. The rebuild replaces aging facilities with a modern research complex. Plans for the project were first announced in 2022 with backing from federal, provincial, and municipal governments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be chosen to develop and build a campus of this importance for a global technology leader is a mark of real trust, and it is exactly the kind of complex, high-profile work Broccolini is built to deliver,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broccolini.com\/en\/media\/broccolini-kicks-off-construction-of-the-nokia-ottawa-innovation-campus?x-craft-live-preview=b4ac7a6e6c4b8f93cd7537ac68cf518d1b6ada6ca354f96f241571e1b33b4fc9yacaozjhsj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says James Beach<\/a>, executive vice-president of real estate development at Broccolini.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nokia-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Nokia-1.jpg\" alt=\"A group of ten people in hard hats and business attire stand with shovels at a construction site. An excavator is in the background under a clear sky.\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1405\"  \/><\/a>Construction kicked off on July 9. Image courtesy Broccolini<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new campus replaces aging facilities. Image courtesy CNW Group\/Nokia A new 69,677-m2 (750,000-sf) research and development campus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[42662,3839,61],"class_list":["post-127793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-broccolini","tag-nokia","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}