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Hello Community, As a valued member of our community, we wanted to share with you our top-performing blog posts of the month. We hope that these posts will provide valuable insights and information to help you stay informed and up-to-date on the latest trends and developments in the industry. Here are our top five blog posts for the month: Simplify Multicloud Networking With Equinix Fabric Cloud Router Monitor Real-Time Data to Maintain High Availability of AWS Networks

On the latest episode of Traceroute, we look at how climate change is forcing the island nation of Tuvalu to rethink what it means to be a state.   For the island nation of Tuvalu, the effects of climate change are more than a warning; they’re an eviction notice. Estimates vary as to when the small chain of coral islands could vanish beneath the waves, but experts agree that Tuvalu may be uninhabitable long before then, prompting its people to set sail for a new frontier… The metaverse. Within this digital landscape, Tuvalu could potentially preserve its lands, heritage, and governance, effectively pioneering a new model for nationhood, in which a nation and its people exist in two realms—physical and virtual. But

We were promised flying cars. We were told that by the year 2000, cities would float in the clouds, robots would cut our hair, and there’d be a computer in everyone’s pocket. Well, one out of three ain’t bad. The question is, why? Why did we think the future would bring interstate moving sidewalks, but we ended up with the internet instead? In this episode of Traceroute, we take an in-depth look at why we get the technology we get…and our trail leads to three distinct factors. Helping us unravel the reason behind these factors is Mike Winterfield, Founder of Active Impact Investments, a VC firm that specializes in Green Tech. We also talk with Oliver Walker-Jones of Joby Aviation, one of several companies that are finally making flying cars, who shares his insight as to why it took almost a hundred years to get from the idea of the flying car to the reality of one.  

I note that NixOS was recently retired from the list of supported operating systems. What was the reason for dropping NixOS? I'm curious as to whether there are technical limitations that make the OS harder to support on the Metal platform.

🚀 Exciting News! You’ve got a simpler way to connect your services deployed across Equinix products. Give Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) a shot and help shape the future of VRF! 🛠️ Configure VRF through the API or UI directly, making connectivity easier than ever! 📚 For more information on what VRF is and how to use it, check out our deploy documentation page: https://deploy.equinix.com/developers/docs/metal/layer2-networking/vrf/ 🗣️ Your feedback matters! Whether it's good or bad, share your thoughts with us. We're eager to hear from you and will use your input to shape the future of VRF. Help

The annual Global Interconnection Index (GXI) is a crystal ball into the future of the digital economy, full of predictions and insights that redefine how we connect and thrive in a digital world.📈 Bandwidth Growth: Watch as interconnection bandwidth skyrockets at a 34% five-year CAGR, hitting a mind-blowing 33,578 Tbps. ☁️ Multicloud Mastery: By 2025, 85% of global companies will have embraced multicloud strategies across numerous regions. It's the era of cloud without borders, enhancing flexibility and operational resilience.

How are Ethernet Private Line services different than Metro Connect service?

Which products need to be combined to solve your infrastructure needs? How do these products work together? Are there best practices? What have other customers done? We heard you loud and clear – you need a way to find the right solutions. Check out the newly launched Solutions Catalog! As this is an evolving catalog, with us adding more resources over time, we need your help: We are looking for beta testers to share their thoughts, feedback (good and bad) with us! Is it easy to navigate? Did you find what you were looking for? Is there information missing? What is working? When would you use it? Take a quick survey or respond in the co

Stick around as we explore how tech both creates and disrupts our groove, and whether the secret sauce of in-person jams can really translate to the digital world. Part 1 – The Synchrony Paradox  In this episode of Traceroute, we delve into a quest for the perfect tool to help bridge the physical and digital divides that increasingly appear between musicians like John and Arman. From California’s Bay Area to the buzzing streets of Hong Kong, we find a host of technologists who, spurred on by the impacts of a global pandemic, are already hard at work tackling the kind of low-latency global networking solutions that just might be the key to keeping the band in one semi-remote piece. But within this p

Synopsis How do we make technology that lasts? In this episode, Grace Ewura-Esi and Shweta Saraf join Producer John Taylor as he talks with two cutting-edge technologists who are trying to extend the life of the hardware infrastructure around us. From a cell phone tower that can be installed on your roof (and repaired just as easily), to a clock that is built to last ten thousand years, we uncover the common threads that run through technology that’s built to last. Woven in this framework is the story of Sandra Rodriguez, who worked tirelessly to restore civilization—as well as hope itself—to the island of Puerto Rico with the help of the only piece of hardware infrastructure that withstood the powerful forces of Hurricane Maria in 2017.  

Hello Community, As a valued member of our community, we wanted to share with you our top-performing blog posts of the month. We hope that these posts will provide valuable insights and information to help you stay informed and up-to-date on the latest trends and developments in the industry. Here are our top five blog posts for the month: What Are the Benefits of Private AI? 8 Advantages of Deploying Cloud Adjacent Storage on Bare Metal Data Center Cooling Continues to Evolve for Efficiency

Share what's new for you this year - is it new projects, new challenges, new team members, new office chair?  For us? New members to welcome to Community! In 2023, we had 1214 new members join the Equinix Community. We're looking forward to keeping you connected in 2024!  Welcome our newest members!  Be sure to update your 

Hi I couldn't find a contacts for Equinix IXP support with its route-servers, I have a question about BGP communities support but can't see where can I open a ticket through the IX portal

Hey Community! As we work on finishing the year strong, I have a few events that might be of interest. First, Demo Day is tomorrow Dec 12th, 2023. On Thursday, we'll also have a community live stream with @Tom_McLaughlin special guest! Check out the home page for the event schedule and mark you calendars. A huge shoutout to the team for the awesome work they've put into the event. I'll tag a few of them here incase anyone has questions: @stevemar , @waltribeiro, @CrayZeigh,

Hi,Can we use Equinix fabric and connect between 2 different Equinix  DCs between our DC in one Equinix DC and Customer DC in another Equinix DC. Also please clarify how to work on this request

How far does large language modeling need to go before we consider marrying an #AI? In part 2 of our 3-part series on our relationship with AI, we explore how Large Language Models can be shaped to mimic the qualities of a human personality, and the implications that come with it. We are joined again by James Vlahos of Embodied, who sheds insight on why creating personas with AI and LLMs is like directing actors in a play, but a play that does not involve thinking or motivation the way we believe it to mean. The question is, however, if your chatbot can sound like a person, does that mean it can be a fulfilling substitute for the people in your life? Or do we need to recognize that a product is a product, regardless of its ability to convince you it’s not?  

Currently I'm using the API token associated with my personal login to Equinix for the Fabric API. What's the best way to make an API token for a service sharable by a group of people at my company? Should I just make an Equinix login like first name Cloud last name Fabric, and then make an API token from that, or is there another way?

Hi, I want to create a a Quick Connect using API. Is it supported?

I'm currently exploring the possibility of deploying VMware ESXi on Equinix Metal as part of my infrastructure expansion. Does anyone here have experience with running ESXi on Equinix Metal? If so, could you share your insights on the level of support offered and any potential issues one might encounter? Additionally, if there are official resources or documentation that detail this support, I would greatly appreciate if you could point me towards them.  

Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, people have humanized technology. We name our cars, or we talk to our phone batteries and beg them not to die on us. However, perhaps no other technology has triggered our emotions quite as intensely as AI. The truth is, we interact with AI in a way we don’t with any other tech: a way that’s more immediate, more personal…more human. The question is, why do we feel this way? In fact, why do we have feelings at all about AI? In this Traceroute two-parter, we go to couples counseling with AI and take a deeper look at this unique relationship. In part one, we explore the good side of our feelings. We talk with JD Ambati of EverestLabs, a company using AI to reduce thousands of tons of CO2e emissions, and we meet James Vlahos, the scientist giving voice to “Moxie,” an AI robot that teaches kids how to express their feelings and have deeper emotional connections. If AI can indeed solve problems and create emotional bonds, surely i

In honor of National STEM Day coming up on November 8th, we wanted to highlight the importance of strong science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics skills in students around the world. Here at Equinix, we have a commitment to advancing digital inclusion and in 2022 launched a new Pathways to Tech program, giving our employees the opportunity to share their unique experiences and career journeys to educate youth about different wa

I want to know the physical fiber optical line between Frankfurt with Hongkong passes through ?

How does the internet connect from New York City to Paris? It's not just satellites - it's also cables underneath the ocean. And they send data through glass traveling at 671,000,000 miles per hour. That's the speed of light! There are more than 500 of these cables spanning 750,000 miles sending more than 64 terabits of data. That's enough bandwidth to send 2 million mp3 files every single second. Watch this video below to learn more about these fascinating cables that deliver over 97% of the internet’s traffic.  

Discover how sustainability and technology intersects with our 20-minute Tech Talk on October 26th.   In my upcoming Tech Talk, I’ll be joined by Sarwar Khan, Sustainability Lead at BT; Sarwar has 12 years’ experience in developing decarbonization strategies, products and propositions spanning across the telecoms, IT, and energy industries, working for both large corporates and start-ups. Get ready to learn more about: 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

Can I use liquid cooling in my cage at an Equinix IBX?