Equinix Updates & Announcements

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

Chris from Equinix interviews Eric Han from NetApp at KubeCon 2024 in Paris, where Eric discusses NetApp’s collaboration with public cloud providers and their Kubernetes storage solution, Astra. Astra, including Astra Trident, facilitates storage provisioning within Kubernetes. Eric also introduces Astra Data Management, enabling application cloning and snapshot restoration using custom resources in Kubernetes. They delve into managing data with Kubernetes tools like kubectl and the challenges of connecting physical storage to PVCs. Eric emphasizes the significance of data management in Kubernetes, such as cloning and migrating applications across cloud environments. They briefly touch on AI's role in NetApp’s cloud strategy and using custom resources for AI applications. The interview closes with insights on AI's presence and applications in Kubernetes at the conference, alongside NetApp’s showcased solutions and optimization offerings at their booth. Att

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.

In this video, MJ walks us through pgEdge and answers some of user's most pressing questions. Learn how pgEdge and Equinix work together here.

In this video we'll show you how to place a Diverse Cross Connect order using the guided ordering experience.

Equinix Internet Access (EIA) enhancement to support Network EdgeDesigned to fulfill a range of Internet use cases, Equinix Internet Access can now connect to Network Edge Virtual devices. This gives Network Edge customers the ability to connect to the internet within minutes. Equinix can provide IP addresses, or customers can bring their own.  For more information, please visit https://docs.equinix.com/en-us/Content/Interconnection/EIA/EIA-internet-ne.htm. 

In this video we'll show you how we've incorporated Generative AI into the LOA Processing for a Cross Connect order. We've implemented these changes to simplify the ordering process so that you can automatically fill out the LOA document using Generative AI. We'll show you what the new screens will look like and how to edit the information if you're not satisfied with the automatic results.

In this video, we'll show you how to create a redundant connection using Oracle Quick Connect for Equinix Fabric. We'll guide you through each step of the process, providing helpful tips on recommended connection types, how to configure your connection, and how to make changes before submitting. Create a connection with Fabric today:

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 p

In this video, we'll introduce you to SSH Keys in Equinix Metal and show you how to generate them using two tools — PuTTY and ssh-keygen. Get started with Equinix Metal today: http://console.equinix.com/sign-up

Chris Privitere joins Walt Ribeiro to discuss dedicated cloud, CPU, RAM, AI, and neural networks.

Your pre-flight checklist for deploying a #Metal server with #Terraform:1️⃣ Create an Equinix Metal account and organization2️⃣ Create a project and saved the project ID3️⃣ Create an API key and saved it4️⃣ I

In this video, we'll discuss Equinix Metal server options with a focus on comparing On-Demand and Reserved Server options. We start with a walkthrough from the perspective of a new customer and show you how to add a new SSH Key to your profile. Then we break down the differences between On-Demand and Reserved systems before we walkthrough how quick and easy it is to provision both options. Head to our digital services website to learn more about Bare Metal Servers:

Equinix providers for Terraform and Pulumi benefit from several updates to infrastructure products Network Edge and Fabric.  Specify NE project ID via IAC Providers  While using said IaC providers to create Network Edge resources (Device, DLG, ACL, SSH Public key), the optional field "project ID" can be specified to prevent use of the default project and ensure correct billing.

Listen to Rachel Kumcur, Supervisors, Critical facilities at Equinix in France.

Check out the latest March 2024 Equinix API Update. For details on new or updated APIs, we recommend looking at the Release Notes, organized by product in the Developer Portal API Documentation.

Benjamin Jenkins joins up to discuss Large Language Models, text generation, and demystifying AI. In this episode we demonstrate building our own GPT (similar to CHatGPT) using LMStudio by Hugging Face. Using Equinix, we're able to spin up a server within 20 minutes Johnny Tseng = Director, Equinix Metal Sales Benjamin Jenkins = Field CTO Get started with Equinix Metal using code "EquinixLive" for $250 credit =

In this video, we'll go through the updated Equinix Smart View dashboard and highlight the four major sections — Environmental, Power Draw, Mechanical, and Electrical. We'll cover the key information displayed in each section, demonstrate the different viewing options, and show how to create reports and trouble tickets for each category. Check out Equinix Smart View for deep insights into the operating status of key infrastructure systems by signing into the portal:

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where your service goes from a quick proof of concept to suddenly needing to support production loads? Have you felt the sudden panic of realizing that everything only points to a single instance when you suddenly need to scale to multiple locations? Well welcome to the club! We found ourselves in this same exact position, heard these same pain points from our customers and decided that something needed to be done! In this session, we'll introduce you to the problem space that led to the creation of this new product, how it can be used today and what we have in store for the future. Take a Load Off: Introducing the Equinix Metal Load Balancer Tyler Auerbeck, Senior Staff Engineer

In this video, we'll show you how to order an Equinix Internet Access connection as a Virtual Connection within a Fabric Port using provider-independent IP addresses. This step-by-step guide takes you through the configuration of a new connection helping you to choose the correct bandwidth, port, and routing configuration. Create a new connection in the Fabric Portal:

In this short Tech Talk, join the industry leaders to unravel the transformative power of bridging physical and digital landscapes. Highlights: Explore the imperative role of distributed AI in the ever-evolving enterprise landscape. Gain insights into seamlessly integrating AI data flow from edge to core to cloud through rich ecosystem partners. Learn how to design and implement cloud-adjacent hybrid AI solutions with NVIDIA at Equinix on a global scale. Discover strategies to break down internal and external silos with MLOps, fostering collaboration across departments and ecosystem partners.

With the v0.4 additions of VRF and Gateway features, and Interconnection present in v0.3, this release of the Equinix Ansible Collection enables Fabric VC (metal-billed) use-cases with BGP discovery of private IP pools over Metal VLANs.  This allows users to manage their Metal network configurations via the Ansible integration with greater ease. In future releases, we'll expand the Ansible Collection to support dedicated interconnections.   If you're interested in using Ansible to manage your infrastructure deployments, let us know!

Equinix and Alice & Bob partner to help businesses enter the Quantum Computing Era. Through this collaboration, Equinix customers across the world will benefit from secure access to Alice & Bob’s cutting-edge quantum technology through Equinix Metal® and Equinix Fabric®, and from Alice & Bob’s quantum strategy services for businesses to unlock opportunities worth billions of dollars.  

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