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Equinix's Charles Meyers appeared on CNBC Worldwide Exchange this morning to discuss how DigitalTransformation, cloud, and AI are continuing to drive data center demand. Watch the full interview here: 

Jon Lin, Equinix EVP and General Manager of Data Center Services & Matt Hull, NVIDIA VP Global AI Solutions answers some questions about our recent announced collaboration. Equinix Private AI with NVIDIA DGX is a fully managed private cloud service that enables enterprises to easily acquire and manage their own NVIDIA DGX AI supercomputing infrastructure for building and running custom generative AI models.  

VRF is now fully supported in v0.21.0 of metal-cli! Use commands to create and interact with Metal Gateways, BGP Dynamic Neighbors, and interconnections.  Some examples of possibilities now available in Metal-CLI:  Specify new BGP Dynamic Neighbors by IP Range and ASN  List your Metal Gateways  Get details on Server plan capacity per Metro Create or update a new interconnection and or virtual-circuit on said interconnection  Learn more about VRF on Metal in the documentation. 

Listen to Marty Falaro, EVP & COO Wasabi technologies, as he describes how Equinix helps provide value to a large range of their customers for research, disaster recovery, data backup, post production media services and more.As one of the fastest growing cloud object storage companies in the world, Wasabi uses Equinix Fabric to connect all thirteen data centers around the world as well as Equinix Metal for compute services.Wasabi leverages these digital services to open new doors with their customers and allows for the rapid global expansion of their business, while delivering on their focus to make cloud storage a simple utility, just like electricity. Learn more about cloud adjacent data strategies  

Network operations in the public cloud is easy because it is highly abstracted. How to bring a similar level of network abstraction to your own dedicated cloud environment at Equinix? This session will demonstrate and share how to simplify, automate, and interconnect any network environment.   

Equinix, Inc. has launched a new fully managed private cloud service in collaboration with NVIDIA, aimed at providing enterprises with easy access to NVIDIA DGX AI supercomputing infrastructure. This service, available globally, is designed to enhance the development and management of custom generative AI models, offering robust infrastructure, high-speed network access, and enterprise-grade support. For a more detailed insight into this groundbreaking service, review the full press-releaseLearn more about Equinix's fully managed service for NVIDIA DGX AI Supercomputing  

Do you have Equinix-configured Cisco CSR1000V Network Edge devices? Make sure you migrate them using the info below:

Equinix has opened an urban farm on the roof of its PA10 data center in Paris, including greenhouses warmed by waste heat from its servers. Learn more about our sustainability efforts.  

In this episode of our Digital Leaders Series, Carl DeGroot, VP U.S. Federal at Cisco, discusses how, in partnership with Equinix, they are supporting the government’s digital transformation evolution, including securing information across data centers, to enable visibility, automation data accessibility, and fostering sustainability.  

We are excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened two new AWS Direct Connect locations within the Equinix CL1 and CL3 data centers in Calgary, Canada. With AWS Direct Connect locations leveraging Platform Equinix, customers can now securely connect to the AWS Cloud at lower latencies with increased throughput for improved application performance. Learn more about AWS Direct Connect via Platform Equinix

Charles Meyers, President and CEO of Equinix, discusses the outlook for data centers, enterprise systems, and artificial intelligence.  

In this 20-minute Tech Talk, we will show you how to baseline and identify exactly where you can cut carbon emissions for your network devices like routers and switches, and then transform your overall network architecture for efficiency with data center consolidation and by leveraging virtualization.Experts Sarwar Khan, Sustainability Lead at BT, and James McIlvenny, Product Marketing Manager, Digital Interconnection at Equinix, will explain:How BT’s Digital Carbon Calculator provides a unique view into which network assets to optimize for sustainability  The benefits of combining carbon footprint data and IT services lifecycle management to gain network efficiencies  How BT’s global network combined with Equinix’s own tooling, and data center colocation and virtual interconnection services, in a hybrid multicloud environment enables energy efficiency and reduction of carbon emissions at scale.  

IDC MarketScape has recognized Equinix as a leader in the Worldwide Datacenter Services 2023 Vendor Assessment. Read the press release here. The report recognized Equinix's strengths in the following areas: Global expansion and ecosystem growth: The company has a strong global footprint and recently expanded into emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa. Equinix spans six continents with data center facilities in 70 metros across 32 countries, and access to a dense ecosystem that includes more than 2,000 networks and over 3,000 cloud and IT companies. Innovative platform capabilities: According to the report, "[Equinix] has one of the most diverse portfolios of any data center company, which meets the demands of enterprises, hyperscalers and networking providers." Equinix continues to evolve its platform for increased automation and on-demand capabilities with its digital service offerings, including software-defined interconnection

Did you know you can move hardware reservations between projects using the Equinix Ansible collection? Enjoy the benefits of both flexible resource management and dedicated hardware!   Users can also search and access interconnection resources which will pave the way for future management of Virtual Circuits. If you're eager to see these changes come sooner, or if you need Ansible interfaces for other Equinix services, please let us know in the comments.

The Equinix Pulumi and Crossplane providers have been updated to take advantage of the latest Fabric Cloud Router features from the Terraform provider.   This includes recent updates that allow any Fabric resources to instantly approve AWS connections when given AWS credentials.   Secondly a new connection type, FCR to IPWAN, is now available!   Any Fabric Cloud Routers connected to an IPWAN will automatically peer with other remote FCRs connected to the same IPWAN. Also, Fabric automatically provisions redundant network connectivity to the IPWAN service, meaning customers only provision a single connection but receive additional protection. This drastically reduces customer configuration requirements, allowing users to rapidly produce a regional or global network.   The routes automatically learnt from remote FCRs in the IPWAN network are displayed in each of their active routing tables so users

Customers participating in the beta for Metal Load Balancing as a Service can now experiment with this upcoming service through Cloud Provider Equinix Metal (CPEM), a Kubernetes Cloud Controller Manager. Anyone in the beta can set up L3 load balancing for the Kubernetes Control Plane IP and for Services running in Kubernetes. If you’ll be at Kubecon next week, come see this and other integrations in action at our booth!  This latest version of the official kubernetes-sigs project, CPEM continues to include MetalLB and KubeVIP configurations options as in-cluster self-managed alternatives.  

Connect with peers and partners across the world using the Equinix Community. You’ll have access to Equinix product experts, be the first to know what’s coming up, and help shape Equinix with your knowledge and insights. Login, join in discussions and share your ideas at http://community.equinix.com   

Customers can enjoy the lightning-fast deployment of Equinix Internet Access (EIA) within mere minutes by leveraging an Equinix Fabric Port.Previously, customers had the opportunity to explore EIA with Fabric during our limited private preview launch, accessible through the portal and public APIs. The free trial phase has concluded, and customers can now experience the full range of capabilities offered by EIA with Fabric.EIA with Fabric introduces a streamlined and cost-effective approach to activating internet access, allowing customers to initiate and enact their services within a matter of minutes. The EIA service is provisioned and fulfilled immediately upon order submission, and customers can monitor their connection in the Fabric Connections Inventory and the Internet Access Inventory dashboards.It's worth highlighting that customers not only gain access to EIA with Fabric, but also gain the ability to utilize the same Fabric port for connecting to various cloud services and oth

In this short Tech Talk, we'll review how to design network access to AWS for high availability and resiliency to ensure your connectivity is available when you need it most. Our experts Dhanil Parwani, Senior Partner Solutions Architect at AWS and Gene McColm, Principal Solutions Architect at Equinix will explain how to:Achieve resiliency with your network deployment of AWS Direct Connect Solve challenges and risks of having a single connection to AWS Discover the benefits of designing for high availability vs resiliency Gain maximum resiliency for critical workloads Manage between cloud regions for data residency and compliance Become geo-resilient across multiple global metros  

Equinix, Inc.  the world's digital infrastructure company®, today announced an expanded relationship with Southern Cross Cables Limited (Southern Cross) to provide a key U.S.-based interconnectivity access point for the Southern Cross NEXT (SX NEXT) submarine cable system. SX NEXT will leverage Equinix's next-generation cable landing station (CLS) architecture, enabling rapid provisioning and cost savings for the cable network provider.  Check out the full press release here

Do you have ConnectDirect (Coax) connections? Make sure you have a plan to migrate away if you haven't already.

Equinix Terraform Provider v1.16.0 not only has the ability to create Fabric Cloud Router resources directly, but also layer 2 connections to AWS, GCP, and specific fabric ports in Equinix. Connections to Azure and Oracle via Terraform are coming soon! FCR is a great option for those who want to quickly route between clouds using BGP or static networks without worrying about specific OS, vendor requirements, or advanced configuration.   For those who use Network Edge, this Terraform release allows you to disable the default internet connectivity before provisioning specific firewalls (Palo Alto Networks NGFW, Cisco FTDv, and Aviatrix FireNet) just like you can in the console. 

As of version 3.6.2, Cloud Provider Equinix Metal is officially part of the Kubernetes Cloud Provider Special Interest Group! We are happy to offer up the work we continue to do on CPEM to a larger community and allow broader engagement. You can find (and contribute to) the repo under kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-equinix-metal or find Equinix listed in the SIG Cloud Provider community readme. Recent updates include fixed elastic IP annotations for those still using facilities (which are being deprecated) as well as a fix to CPEM's use of MetalLB v0.12.1. 

Equinix is thrilled to launch VetConnect, a powerful initiative dedicated to fostering a sense of belonging and growth for veterans, their families, and allies within our community. VetConnect is more than a program – it's a commitment to creating an environment where the contributions of our military community are recognized and celebrated. Through mentorship, skill-building, and collaboration, we're dedicated to empowering veterans as they continue their journey of success beyond their service.

In this video, well Service Profile association for Equinix Fabric has been moved to the project level. In this video we'll show you how to add User permissions for different Fabric Service Profiles and you'll see how easy it is to shift between Projects while in the Fabric Portal.To get started, head to "My Company," and then, "Service Profiles" after logging into the Fabric portal: https://fabric.equinix.com/