HPE announced that the University of Leeds has selected the HPE Self-Driving Network to provide an intelligent, secure and scalable campus-wide wired and wireless networking foundation for the University’s long-term digital transformation.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest and most research-intensive universities, the University of Leeds is investing in a self-driving network, designed to deliver exceptional digital experiences for students, staff and researchers while supporting the growing demands of AI-powered research, hybrid learning, connected devices and data-intensive workloads.
Rather than simply expanding infrastructure, the university is establishing a networking foundation that can adapt, optimize and heal itself as digital demands continue to evolve. Combining AI-native operations, intelligent automation and end-to-end observability, the network continuously learns from user, application and network experiences to identify emerging risks and take trusted action before issues impact services. Built on HPE’s unified wired and wireless infrastructure, including next-generation Wi-Fi 7, the deployment provides a resilient, AI-native campus network that simplifies operations while supporting future smart-campus innovation.
The demands on university technology teams continue to increase, and our focus has to be on delivering the best possible experience for students, researchers and staff. The automation and visibility we’ll get means we’ll spend less time firefighting and more time supporting the work that really matters to us, in areas like AI, healthcare, engineering, robotics and climate research.