Equinix, a leading provider of digital infrastructure, is expanding its Equinix Metal hubs in Asia-Pacific in order to meet the region’s rising demand for completely automated as-a-service infrastructure. In addition to Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo, it is now possible to access its Bare Metal as a Service in Osaka and Melbourne.
According to the Equinix 2022 Global Tech Trends Survey, over the next 12 months, 82% of businesses in the Asia-Pacific intend to grow into new markets. While building their own digital infrastructure is a requirement for global businesses looking to gain market share and expand into new geographic markets, they struggle to commit to spending on digital technology in the face of an uncertain market environment.
Businesses may sustain growth with Equinix Metal without taking on the risks associated with unneeded capital expenditures in terms of both individuals and funds. They may access Equinix’s global digital infrastructure and use DevOps technologies to develop, maintain, and grow their applications in order to gain a competitive edge through the most interconnected technology ecosystem in the world.
In line with that, with strong interconnection and future-proof hybrid multi-cloud architecture, Osaka and Melbourne have recently emerged as regional metropolitans for cloud service providers and large-scale businesses. The Global Interconnection Index 2023 (GXI), a market analysis just released by Equinix, projects that Osaka’s interconnection bandwidth would increase from 2020 to 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%.
Melbourne on the other hand, the second-largest economy in Australia, has the fastest edge metro growth in the Asia-Pacific region, with an anticipated interconnection bandwidth CAGR of 53%. Leading cloud and IT service providers, as well as global and local businesses, have drawn to both metro areas.
Equinix Metal will be introduced in Osaka and Melbourne as a complement to the existing nodes in Tokyo and Sydney, respectively. By automating low latency connections and the basic network infrastructure that underpins their enterprises in a digital environment, these dual nodes will give businesses access to specialized IT infrastructure at software speed.
According to Anthony Ho, Director, Product & Platform Marketing, Equinix Asia-Pacific, the launch of Equinix Metal in Osaka and Melbourne satisfies the expanding need for private low-latency digital infrastructure. Enterprises connected through the ecosystem can efficiently grow and test the viability of their expansion into other areas without requiring unnecessary talent or financial commitments thanks to on-demand and flexible interconnectivity offered in both metropolitan nodes.
Through Bare Metal as a Service, businesses can lower barriers of entry when forming partnerships and create new possibilities based on the innate flexibility of Equinix infrastructure and ecosystem. Some of its customers include Akash Network, Catchpoint, Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), NS1, Pure Storage, Super League Gaming, Red Hat Quay, and more.
Furthermore, to efficiently eliminate electronic waste and reduce redundancy of underutilized server capacity through standardization, they apply sustainability and performance-based parameters to determine technology adoption in Equinix Metal. To further cut energy use and increase the efficiency of power usage, Equinix is looking into switching to liquid cooling using Equinix Metal.
