Equinix Updates & Announcements

Check out this interview from Dell Technologies World 2024 with Todd Lieb from Dell and Lisa Miller from Equinix. They are discussing their partnership and a new offering that will allow customers to get Dell PowerStore as a service on Equinix Metal at Equinix data centers.   

Equinix, Inc., the world's digital infrastructure company, announced the availability of Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal, a new, enterprise-grade Storage as a Service (STaaS) solution. Dell PowerStore on Equinix Metal with flexible configurations can help enterprises manage a wide range of high-performance multicloud workloads through low-latency connectivity with proximity to major public clouds. Read the press release

In this video, we'll show you how to connect a Fabric Cloud Router to the Google Cloud Platform. We begin with creating a connection from a Fabric Cloud Router to Google Cloud Platform using our Quick Connect feature. After the connection is submitted, we'll configure BGP in Google Cloud. We'll add the Peer ASNs for both connections and take the IP addresses provided by Google. Then we return to the Equinix portal to configure BGP on the Fabric Cloud Router. We use the Peer IP addresses obtained from GCP and apply these changes to the primary and secondary connections. Then we'll confirm that the routes are active. We'll head to the Cloud Router Inventory and view the Active Routes. Finally, we view the Route Tables on both the AWS and Azure sides of this connection to confirm that we have interconnectivity between three cloud environments using Fabric Cloud Router. 

In this video, Chris Privitere interviews Tabitha Sable, one of the co-chairs of SIG Security, while at KubeCon EU 2024. They discuss the role of SIG Security in improving the security of Kubernetes, including coordinating third-party audits, conducting security assessments, and enhancing the security content of Kubernetes documentation. They also talk about the challenges of balancing security features with practicality and the importance of community involvement in improving Kubernetes security. Tabitha mentions that SIG Security is always open to new members and encourages interested individuals to join their Slack channel and participate in their regular meetings.  

Ed Vielmetti from Equinix and Hannah Aubry from Fastly discuss the similarities between their work and how they address challenges in the open source community. They emphasize the importance of supporting open source projects and communities, as well as the value of collaboration and contribution. They also discuss the concept of financial sustainability for open source projects and the need for organizations to support and give back to these communities. They highlight the importance of communication and asking for help when needed. Overall, they express their passion for open source and the positive impact it has on innovation and collaboration.  

Dave Neary, the Director of Developer Relations at Ampere, explains that Ampere is a CPU company that specializes in making cloud-native CPUs designed specifically for the needs of cloud computing. They focus on high core density, high memory bandwidth, and single-threaded cores to avoid noisy neighbor issues. They use the ARM architecture and have recently started designing their own cores. Dave also discusses the role of developer relations at Ampere, which involves creating incentives for customers to use their processors and providing support for software integrations. Dave mentions that Ampere has optimized versions of popular frameworks like PyTorch and ONNX for their platform and offers cost-efficient AI inference compared to GPUs. He also talks about Ampere's involvement in the CNCF space and their collaboration with Equinix on the Actuated product, which provides hosted GitHub runners for CNCF projects. Dave mentions that Ampere will be featured in keynotes at KubeCon. He conc

We are proud to release our 2023 Integrated Sustainability Report reflecting progress towards our environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. Equinix's approach to sustainability is rooted in ambitious targets, transparency in reporting progress, upholding ethical principles and integrity, and actively collaborating with stakeholders to foster transformative change. Read the Press Release 

Quside, a quantum technology company, is working closely with Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company®, to enable easy access to the latest quantum random number generation technologies to help customers build the strongest cryptographic foundation to defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks. Read the press release

Steve Martinelli’s interview with Felipe Huici, CEO of Unikraft at KubeCon Paris, covers their innovative cloud computing platform Craft Cloud. Utilizing Unikernels for millisecond boot times and autoscaling, Unikraft's operating system offers modular customization, resulting in a compact OS image. They leverage containers during build time to create specialized virtual machines for each application, emphasizing Equinix's role as a strategic partner for quick server deployment across multiple data center locations.Unikraft's vision emphasizes cost efficiency, close-to-hardware performance, and rapid scalability, epitomized by their custom-built controller for instant reaction and scaling to thousands of instances.   

Equinix, Inc., the world's digital infrastructure company®, and PGIM Real Estate, the real estate investment and financing arm of PGIM, Prudential Financial's global asset management business, today announced the entry into a $600 million joint venture to develop and operate the first xScale data center in the U.S., located in the Silicon Valley region of CALIFORNIA. The two-story facility, known as SV12x, will be built in two phases and is expected to provide more than 28 megawatts (MW) of power capacity at full build out. SV12x is located at Equinix's Great Oaks data center campus in San Jose, California alongside four existing Equinix International Business ExchangeTM (IBX®) data centers. The facility's first phase is scheduled to be completed in Q2 2024. Read the press release announcement.    

In this roundtable, joining us is Robert Reeves (LF Strategic Partnerships) and we discuss Linux Foundation, KubeCon, CNCF, and more.The guests:Robert Reeves, VP of Business Dev, Cloud Native Computing Foundation Steve Martinelli, Director of Developer Advocacy and Community Fen Aldrich, Developer Advocate Walt Ribeiro, Senior Developer Advocate  

As part of our continued efforts to reduce energy costs and help address climate change, Equinix has deployed a 1MW rooftop solar system at our ME1 International Business Exchange® (IBX®) data center in Melbourne, Australia. This is not only one of Equinix’s largest solar PV systems globally, but one of the largest at any data center in Australia. This, along with previous deployments in Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney (BR1, CA1, SY7, ME2, SY9X, SY2 and SY4), provides a total of approximately 1.8MW of clean energy to local power grids in Australia. Learn more about Equinix Adding Additional Clean Energy to Australia

In this video, we'll cover how to access a Fortigate Firewall via the Webgui. We'll start in the Device Details section of your provisioned firewall and walk through how to enable http permissions on the device. We'll open PuTTY to check the permissions on the port and cover what happens when we add the http and how to re-add ssh, ping, and fgfm permissions. We'll use the Console Tool in the Device Details page and utilize the temporary password provided by Equinix which will allow us to redo the permission statement for the port. We'll confirm that we've reestablished SSH access via PuTTY and then attempt to access the Webgui now that http has been enabled. Head to the Fabric Portal to check out your device details: https://fabric.equinix.com/

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  

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.  

Identity Management is moving to email based accounts. Start linking your accounts today.

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.  

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

A few years ago, the folks behind Flatcar Container Linux made it their business to change that, to give the world a version of Linux that would behave and be managed like a cloud native developer would expect. Today, engineers can configure and deploy Flatcar instances using the same declarative approach they use to create a Kubernetes cluster: by listing their desired configuration details in a YAML doc and then having the OS image automatically installed and configured on as many servers as they would like. Here’s how the Flatcar team does this, with a little bit of help from its friends at Equinix! Read more on Deploy.Equinix.com 

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the completion date for the DC11 Building Management System (BMS) upgrade is now expected to be on or before: 29 December 2023

Are you using the Fabric V3 API? Make sure you have a plan to migrate away if you haven't already.

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 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.