en.Wedoany.com Reported - Broccolini has announced that construction has officially begun on Nokia's new innovation campus in Ottawa, Canada. Located in the Kanata North Tech Park, the facility is a 750,000-square-foot research and development hub.
Broccolini has been appointed as the development and construction partner for the project, responsible for the full delivery of the campus. This groundbreaking marks the beginning of the active construction phase. The campus is a large-scale construction project delivered to high sustainability standards, including adherence to LEED principles, the use of low-carbon materials, and resilient energy systems.
Designed by architecture firm Gensler, the new campus includes 450,000 square feet of laboratory space—nearly double its current capacity—and 300,000 square feet of workspace. In a 2025 press release, Gensler stated that to support multiple work modes, the office space includes libraries, collaboration hubs, and numerous meeting rooms; each floor features social lounges, and the work areas will also include kitchen zones, game and wellness rooms, multi-faith spaces, and decompression pods.
The laboratory space will house Nokia's high-power servers and technical infrastructure across four floors, equipped with over 2,800 four-post racks supporting both in-row and rear-door cooling, with room for future expansion. It is here that Nokia will have the freedom and technology to experiment, innovate, and achieve its R&D goals. Broccolini stated that the company is actively recruiting and expanding its local team across development, construction, and project delivery to support this project and the growing project pipeline in the Ottawa region. James Beach, Executive Vice President of Real Estate Development at Broccolini, said in a statement that being selected to develop and build such a significant campus for a global technology leader is a true mark of trust, representing the complex, high-profile work Broccolini excels at; this is one of the most important projects in the company's history, and it is proud to build it in Ottawa.
Nokia stated that the new campus is designed to drive breakthroughs in AI networks, data center networking, quantum-safe infrastructure, and next-generation 6G technology, while fostering strategic industry partnerships and nurturing the next generation of innovators. According to Colliers, this large-scale redevelopment project is valued at $750 million, with over $430 million coming from private equity and more than $70 million from federal and provincial government funding.
