Fabric Intelligence is a software layer that enhances Equinix Fabric, the company’s on-demand global interconnection service, with real-time awareness and automation for AI and multicloud workloads. It is integrated with AI orchestration tools to automate connectivity decisions, taps into live telemetry for deep observability, and dynamically adjusts routing and segmentation to optimize performance and simplify network operations.
To support customers with their AI migration, Equinix is launching a global AI Solutions Lab across 20 locations in 10 countries to give enterprises an environment to collaborate with leading AI partners. Dev said the lab has several customers that are “dipping their toes” when it comes to AI and Equinix helps them validate AI architectures and AI technologies.
“The solution validation center is where [pilot programs] become real, and it gives customers the confidence to be able to deploy play in this environment before they move off and actually implement it,” he said.
The AI Hub basically provides the orchestration layer for Equinix’s Distributed AI infrastructure announced last fall that provides the physical network for the platform.
Dev said the hub is a reference framework, so if customers want to run virtual instances at Equinix, or if customers want to deploy this in their own colocation environment, they’re free to do either. Or customers can take the framework and modify it to their own specific needs.
Equinix announced too that the AI Hub would integrate security support from Palo Alto Networks and its Prisma AIRS real-time AI security and centralized policy enforcement package. The idea is to bring real-time AI security and centralized policy enforcement across any location. The Prisma AIRS package will be available on Equinix Network Edge, letting organizations centrally manage AI-driven security services at the digital edge, closer to users, clouds and critical workloads, according to Equinix.
