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Call for Preview Users: Be Among the First to Experience Fabric MCP Server

rfrigoProduct Manager

Fabric MCP Server Beta

We’re looking for customers to join the Fabric MCP Server Public Preview and help shape the future of AI-driven networking.What is Fabric MCP Server?Fabric MCP Server provides a secure, standardized way for AI agents and applications to discover, acc

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🌍 SHRED Continues to Expand Across EMEA!

RashmiRajaProduct Manager

Smart Hands

Following the successful launch in California, where SHRED expanded to San Jose, Santa Clara, and Palo Alto IBXs, we're excited to announce the next phase of our rollout across EMEA. This significantly increases our coverage and brings secure, susta

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How ANA Simplified Multicloud Connectivity to Scale Global Operations

ShannonCommunity Manager

Enterprise Connectivity

Streamlining multicloud networking for global scale is no small feat—especially as operations expand across regions and cloud environments.In this customer story, All Nippon Airways (ANA) shares how they simplified their hybrid multicloud architectur

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Click-to-Deploy (CTD) Beta

dilipProduct Manager

Call for Beta Testers: Experience Click-to-Deploy (CTD) in Solution Builder

We’re excited to announce an upcoming external customer beta for a feature designed to streamline how you build and order on your platform: Click-to-Deploy (CTD)What is Click-to-Deploy?Instead of ordering each component of your deployment separately,

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We are in Sunny California!! 🔅🔅 : SHRED expands to San Jose, Santa Clara and Palo Alto IBXs!

Teena_MachaiahProduct Manager

SHRED Pilot

We are now live in California’s San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale IBXs (SV1, SV2, SV3, SV4, SV5, SV8, SV10, SV11, SV14, SV15, SV16, SV17) marking another step to make responsible e-waste disposal more accessible to our customers.Simplify IT Asset D

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Growing our Global Coverage: SHRED continues to expand across US, Brazil and Peru!

Teena_MachaiahProduct Manager

SHRED Pilot

Continuing SHRED’s increasing global footprint, we are now announcing our presence across Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Lima IBXs (CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, CH7, RJ1, LM1) marking another step to make responsible e-waste disposal more accessible to our custo

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SVC-LeeEmployee

Securing and governing distributed AI with F5 AI Guardrails on the Equinix Distributed AI Hub

1.0 The packet is now the promptNetwork and security architecture has always centered on a single unit of inspection: the packet. Routers move it. Firewalls inspect it. Logs record it. Every control point in the stack was built to act on the source,

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NelsonChaoEmployee

Sovereignty Elevated: Geo Zone Enforcement Now Extends to the Network Edge

We are excited to announce a significant architectural evolution in our sovereignty controls. While geo-boundary enforcement has historically resided at the Fabric port level, we have successfully extended this capability down to the Network Edge vir

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How do I connect to my organization’s AWS Account?

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EquinixCommunity Manager

Fabric

How do I connect my organization’s AWS account to Equinix. What information and steps are required from our side?

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eleongEmployee

Trust and Transparency Dashboard - Enable Notifications for New or Renewed Certifications and Compliance ReportsOpen

IdeaIt would be helpful to introduce a notification/subscription feature within the Trust and Transparency Dashboard that allows customers to receive alerts when certifications or compliance reports are renewed, updated, or newly published.Current ex

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chanaNew Participant

Equinix Internet Access BFDIn Progress

Hi,We're looking at using Equinix Internet Access and would like to enable BFD for faster failure detection but it isn't currently supported. Can we request this feature be added please.

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MattAllenNew Participant

Work Visit Email NotificationOpen

Hi, would it be possible to look into whether its feasible to email the Ordering Contact and any other notification contacts when a visitor signs in on site via a Work Visit. It would be handy to know that the visitor has arrived on site and signed i

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lancehomerEmployee

Ecosystem / Industry Focused CommunitiesIn Progress

Would it be possible to get a discussion channel for some of the commerce ecosystems that exist in Equinix similar to how there are discussions for products?  (e.g. Payments and Baking, Capital Markets and Trading, Health Care and Life Sciences,

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5 months ago

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QayumSidiqiNew Participant

Equinix Marketplace - My company - Cover/Background PhotoResolved

Hi, Is it possible that a developer enable or add the option to upload a Cover/Background photo in the gray rectangle area as shown in the snapshot on Equinix Marketplace website so every customer/client can use/upload their company photo if they wis

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GSUK1New Participant

Permissions to reply to other ticketsResolved

Hi, It seems only the person raising a smart hands or trouble ticket can amend that ticket.  It would be extremely helpful if others with the appropriately assigned permissions would be able to reply to comments left by Equinix on these tickets.

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5 months ago

RFritschNew Participant

User created port labelsResolved

The ability to create user generated port labels would be amazing.   This way I can more easily determine which one goes to which datacenter on our side.   You can leave the current label in the port properties so it can be referr

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5 months ago

Alain_CNew Participant

Purchase Order ManagementResolved

Hi,I would like to have the possibility to manage my Purchase Orders on the portal:Editing descriptionAdding Start/End datesLocationAnd more importantly, being able to flag a PO as expired. Today all the PO appear as Active even if the End date is pa

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D26New Participant

Colocation Programmatic UsersOpen

Hello, I was told it was removed previously, but I would really like the ability to CRUDD Colocation Administration/Users from the Equinix API. The Equinix API is great for many things, unfortunately, this is the biggest one I would use it for.&

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GSUK1New Participant

Tweaks to new Space RestrictionsResolved

Great to have this in the portal now. Couple of suggestions to improve it: We need multiple time windows so we can restrict access at different times at the weekend. Right now, every day has to be set the same: 2. Allow us to type the time in. Scr

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What’s New: Equinix Fabric Now Available in LagosNews

tamansProduct Manager

Equinix Fabric is now available in Lagos, Nigeria, expanding Equinix’s interconnection footprint and enabling customers to access Fabric services from an additional metro, marking Lagos as the 67th Equinix metro.What’s New:Equinix Fabric service has

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What’s New: Equinix Internet Access Now Available in LagosNews

jamroProduct Manager

Equinix Internet Access (EIA) is now available in Lagos, Nigeria, expanding service availability and providing customers with additional connectivity options in the region.What’s New:Equinix Internet Access is now available in Lagos, Nigeria Customer

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What’s New: Fabric MCP Server Adds Network Edge Search and Visibility ToolsNews

Mike PfeifferProduct Manager

The Fabric MCP (Model Context Protocol) server now includes Network Edge tools that allow AI assistants and developer tools to search for and view Network Edge resources through the Equinix Fabric API. This enhancement enables users to access Network

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6 days ago

Network Edge – F5 IP VE for Local Traffic Management and Load Balancing: When to Use it and What to ExpectNews

svelayudhanProduct Manager

The Challenge:As application traffic increases, organizations need an effective way to distribute incoming client requests across backend applications or database servers. Without intelligent traffic distribution, individual servers can become overlo

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7 days ago

Network Edge – 25G Virtual Connection Support for EIA: When to Use it and What to ExpectNews

vanantapallyProduct Manager

The Challenge:As application traffic volumes increase, organizations may outgrow existing connectivity capacity between their virtual network functions (VNFs) and internet access services. Limited bandwidth can create bottlenecks for high-throughput

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9 days ago

What’s New: Fabric Insights Maintenance NotificationsNews

vdamojipurapu1Product Manager

Fabric Insights now provides network maintenance, incident, and repair notifications directly within the service, helping customers stay informed about Fabric events sand respond more efficiently.What’s New:View network maintenance, incident, and rep

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15 days ago

What’s New: Fabric 100G Virtual Connection Expansion to Silicon Valley

johnlairdProduct Manager

100 Gbps virtual circuit availability on Equinix Fabric has expanded to Silicon Valley, supporting high-throughput workloads in the region.What’s New:100G virtual connections now available in Silicon ValleyWhy it Matters:Enables customers to move lar

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20 days ago

Connect with Colt Technology Services Through Fabric Marketplace: When to Use it and What to ExpectNews

dhowell99Product Manager

The Challenge:Connecting enterprise locations across Europe often requires enterprises to engage infrastructure and network providers separately. Navigating multiple systems and coordinating service availability, pricing, quotes and orders can add co

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26 days ago

Announcing Equinix® Fabric One™News

johnlairdProduct Manager

Equinix introduces Equinix® Fabric One™ an intent-based networking service designed to simplify any-to-any connectivity across distributed digital infrastructure. Fabric One introduces a new way for customers to describe the outcome they need, while

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Announcing Equinix® Inference ExchangeNews

shambhaviroy123Employee

Equinix announces Equinix® Inference Exchange, a new distributed AI inference solution designed to help enterprises accelerate AI initiatives from experimentation into production. Equinix Inference Exchange combines NVIDIA’s enterprise reference arch

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Monitor Smarter with Fabric Insights

vdamojipurapu1Product Manager

Observability

In this video, we’ll explore how Fabric Insights helps you monitor your Equinix Fabric environment and quickly identify issues that may require attention. See how to view network health and performance, review alerts and events, and filter informatio

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16 days ago

Understanding MACsec Replay Protection: Window Sizing for Real-World DeploymentsTutorial

rcarraraCommunity Manager

Network Optimization

What is MACsec Replay Protection? Why is Replay Protection Needed? The Practical Application of Replay Protection The Impact of Line Rate and Replay Window Configuration on Attack Exposure Exposure Time by Line Rate and Frame Size Feasibility of a re

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Best Practice Technical Designs

ahkhalil2023Global Solutions Architect

Global WAN Backbone Using FCR + IP-WAN

1 Summary 1.1 High-Level Architecture Diagram 1.2 Key Outcomes 2 Technology Stack & Scope 3 Low Level Design 3.1 Why This Design: FCR + IP-WAN Over Alternatives 3.2 Design Principle — Strict Prefix Separation 3.3 IP Addressing Plan 3.4 Topology a

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Best Practice Technical Designs

mmartinovGlobal Solutions Architect

Geo-Redundant Multi-Cloud Interconnect using FCR and IP-WAN aligned with Azure Maximum Resiliency ER and GCP 99.99% Partner Interconnect

1. Summary 1.1 Solution Overview 1.2 High-Level Architecture Diagram 2. Technology Stack & Scope 2.1 Technology Stack 2.2 Out-of-Scope 2.3 Supplementary Components Used in This EVD 3. Low Level Design 3.1 Prerequisites 3.2 Logical & Physical

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Best Practice Technical Designs

vvikramanGlobal Solutions Architect

Geo-Redundant Architecture with Equinix Redundant Network Edge (1 Network Edge per Metro) and AWS Multi-Region Connectivity

1. Summary 1.1 Solution Overview 1.2 High-Level Diagram 1.3 Key Outcomes 1.4 Assumptions/Caveats 2. Technology Stack & Scope 2.1 Technology Stack 2.2 Out-of-Scope 3.0 Low Level Design 3.1 Topology 3.2 Current Paths for Traffic Exchange between Eq

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How ANA Simplified Multicloud Connectivity to Scale Global Operations

ShannonCommunity Manager

Enterprise Connectivity

Streamlining multicloud networking for global scale is no small feat—especially as operations expand across regions and cloud environments.In this customer story, All Nippon Airways (ANA) shares how they simplified their hybrid multicloud architectur

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SVC-LeeEmployee

Securing and governing distributed AI with F5 AI Guardrails on the Equinix Distributed AI Hub

1.0 The packet is now the promptNetwork and security architecture has always centered on a single unit of inspection: the packet. Routers move it. Firewalls inspect it. Logs record it. Every control point in the stack was built to act on the source,

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Is Your Enterprise Ready for AI Agents?

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kgarridoCommunity Manager

Distributed AI

Moving from simple chatbots to fully autonomous AI agents changes everything about your underlying architecture. If you're currently trying to figure out what needs to change across your connectivity, compute, and data pipelines to support agentic wo

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How Nebius Is Building a Globally Scalable AI Infrastructure Platform

ShannonCommunity Manager

Sovereignty

The race for AI dominance isn't just about who has the most GPUs; it’s about where those GPUs live and how fast you can connect to them. While many providers struggle with the logistical hurdles of global expansion, Nebius is rewriting the playbook.

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ArmanKEmployee

Solving CMDB Data Quality Challenges at Equinix

Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) are critical for managing enterprise IT infrastructure, but they frequently suffer from data quality issues that undermine their value. At Equinix, managing infrastructure relationships across hundreds of da

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