Global Stories

Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric rollout reaches Australia

Equinix is set to launch its Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric (ECX Fabric) in Melbourne and Sydney, after its recent expansion into Japan.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 10th May 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Equinix continues global expansion with Microsoft collaboration

The interconnection and data centre company has expanded its partnership with Microsoft to provide direct connectivity to twenty cities globally.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 8th May 2018

Hybrid Cloud

Equinix adds support for new Google Cloud platform

Equinix partners with Google Cloud to offer global connectivity, expanding access to Google Cloud Platform and Dedicated Interconnect services.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Apr 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Equinix closes Metronode deal: Everything you need to know about the acquisition

Equinix's acquisition of Metronode, adding 10 data centres across Australia, enhances its footprint, particularly in Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, and Brisbane.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Apr 2018

Distributed Denial of Service

Equinix: 5 things we learned from our customers about multicloud security

Equinix's SmartKey beta reveals key multicloud security insights: from agile HSM services to preferred private interconnections via ECX Fabric.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Apr 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

The top trends affecting I&O teams? Gartner knows

Gartner report challenges infrastructure and operations leaders to rethink their jobs in the digital age. #technology #digitaltransformation.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Apr 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

8 beautiful shots of Equinix's Dallas Infomart data center

Equinix's stunning Dallas Infomart, a blend of glass and steel inspired by The Crystal Palace, offers expansive colocation space and a Latin America gateway.

By Julia Gabel • 1 min read • Tue, 10th Apr 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Gartner names the top trends impacting digital infrastructure and operations

Gartner report highlights the choice facing IT infrastructure organizations in a digital world, according to analyst David Cappuccio.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Mon, 26th Mar 2018

Network Infrastructure

Submarine cable boom fueled by new tech, soaring demand

The international capacity deployed by companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon rose 14-fold between 2012-2016.

By Julia Gabel • 6 min read • Fri, 23rd Mar 2018

Network Infrastructure

Infinera unveils data centre industry's first 2.4Tb/s optical engine

Infinera has released an industry-first with its latest addition to the company's family of Infinite Capacity Engines.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Mar 2018

Disaster Recovery

On-Demand data center interconnection platform deploys PoP

Datacenter.com's new Amsterdam facility sees the deployment of DCspine's PoP, enhancing cloud service connectivity across 30+ Netherlands-based data centres.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Feb 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

INTERVIEW: Kao Data celebrates new London data centre and chairman

After launching a data centre campus in London and hiring a new chairman, we spoke to Kao's COO about some of the technical aspects of the facility.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Tue, 20th Feb 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

The largest data centre campus in Europe is about to get even larger

Following a number of huge customer contracts, NGD is adding 250,000 square feet of capacity at its mega data centre campus in South Wales.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Feb 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Gartner provides recommendations around Equinix CEO's abrupt departure

Equinix CEO Steve Smith steps down, leading to uncertainty in the datacenter industry. No immediate impact expected.

By Ted Chamberlin • 2 min read • Tue, 30th Jan 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Accelerating global interconnection with the acquisition of Metronode

This US$792 million acquisition of Metronode will see us expand our reach in the country, which has been called for by a number of our customers.

By Julia Gabel • 5 min read • Fri, 19th Jan 2018

Network Infrastructure

Vocus sets up subsea cable PoP in ST Telemedia's Singapore data center

Vocus has selected ST Telemedia's Singapore data center, STT Tai Seng, to be the point of presence (PoP) for its new submarine cable.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Jan 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

New year, new privacy regulations - are you ready?

Ensuring Personal Information Protection (PIP) and privacy is a world and industry-wide concern among enterprises and service providers alike.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Tue, 16th Jan 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

How to speak like a data center geek: Artificial intelligence

Explore key AI concepts in our 'Data Center Geek' series, from algorithms to deep learning, and discover how interconnection powers these advancements.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Thu, 11th Jan 2018