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Teena_MachaiahEmployee

SHRED Pilot

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

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

Distributed AI

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,

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

EquinixCommunity Manager

Fabric

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

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

jayNew Participant

We are only using ½ a rack at MI1 and ½ of our power allotment. If anyone is interested in sharing, please contact me at jay@dslx.net

RashmiRajaEmployee

SHRED Expands to São Paulo & Seattle IBXs!!!

We're excited to announce that SHRED is now live across our São Paulo and Seattle IBXs (SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP6, SE2, SE3, and SE4)! This expansion marks another step forward in increasing SHRED coverage and making responsible e-waste disposal more

kgarridoCommunity Manager

Distributed AI

Is Your Enterprise Ready for AI Agents?

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

hemant.babtiwaleNew Participant

Cross Connect and Metro Connect

Bloomberg IGN Cross Connect

Is there a catalog of cross-connect service providers available for each Equinix location? I would like to find out if Equinix offers cross-connect capability with the Bloomberg IGN network from Ashburn and Chicago locations.

RashmiRajaEmployee

SHRED Expansion Update – New Locations and Growing Coverage

We’re excited to announce that SHRED is now live in ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, MX1, and MX2 locations, with many more sites planned for rollout this quarter. This expansion brings our total SHRED coverage to 150 IBXs globally, significantly enhancing our s

whaikitEmployee

SHRED Now Live in 41 More IBXs Across AMER & EMEA!

We’re excited to announce that SHRED has officially launched in an additional 41 IBXs across the AMER and EMEA regions as of 21 July 2025! 🎉 This milestone brings our total SHRED coverage to 130 IBXs globally, significantly expanding our secure equip

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

Ideas

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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QayumSidiqiNew Participant

Ideas

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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RFritschNew Participant

Ideas

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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Alain_CNew Participant

Ideas

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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AbigailWelshNew Participant

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Accessibility features in the portalResolved

Good afternoon, I wanted to share some feedback from visually impaired portal users. The current portal layout and structure does not work very well with screen-readers and can be difficult to follow. For example, the symbols on the left-hand menu ar

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wcorreaEmployee

What’s New: Fabric Geo Zones – EU Zone ExpansionNews

Summary:Fabric Geo Zones now extends to the European Union, enabling customers to create secure port-to-port connections across qualifying EU metros with traffic constrained to EU sovereign boundaries.What’s New:EU Geo Zone now available, supporting

johnlairdEmployee

What’s New: Fabric 100G Virtual Connections in MiamiNews

Fabric now supports 100G virtual connections in Miami, enabling higher-capacity connectivity for customers in this metro.What’s New:100G virtual connections now available in Miami Increases maximum bandwidth capacity for Fabric in this locationWhy it

Maurice NettesheimEmployee

What’s New: EMS Expansion to Los AngelesNews

Equinix Managed Solutions has expanded into Los Angeles, bringing managed solutions availability to the US West Coast.What’s New:Equinix Managed Solutions now available in Los AngelesWhy it Matters:Extends managed solutions availability to customers

wcorreaEmployee

Fabric Geo Zones – Network Edge: When to Use it and What to ExpectNews

The Challenge:Customers in regulated industries must prove that sensitive traffic stays within specific jurisdictions – not just where data is stored, but where packets travel. For teams running virtual network services on Network Edge, this has mean

vdamojipurapu1Employee

What’s New: Fabric Insights HubNews

Fabric now includes a native Insights Hub dashboard in the Fabric Portal, giving customers real-time, unified visibility into network performance and health without relying on external tools or customer integrations.What’s New:Native events and aler

Todd PriceEmployee

What’s New: EMS Managed Private Storage Block/FileNews

What’s New: EMS Managed Private Storage Block/File Summary:EMS Managed Private Storage Block/File 1.1 expands managed private storage with Network Attached Storage (NAS) and block modalities, along with built-in replication to improve performance, re

jamichandwalaEmployee

What’s New: Network Edge Expansion to JohannesburgGeo Expansion

Summary:Network Edge has expanded into Johannesburg, giving customers in South Africa a closer deployment option for virtual network services. What’s New:Network Edge now available in Johannesburg, South Africa Why it Matters: Reduces latency for cus

wcorreaEmployee

Fabric Geo Zones (Preview): When to Use it And What to Expect

The Challenge: As organizations scale across regions and clouds, ensuring that sensitive data stays within specific geographic or jurisdictional boundaries becomes increasingly complex. Today, teams often struggle to:Prove that data-in-motion stays w

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