BT and Equinix have expanded their partnership to help multinational organisations drive interconnectivity across their digital value chain.
The move will help customers boost innovation and speed up business outcomes.
BT’s AI-ready, Global Fabric network-as-a-service (NaaS) platform is now deployed in more than 30 Equinix data-centres, growing to more than 40 in the next year. This will span the world’s top 30 business locations covering 95 per cent of the world’s cloud interconnection traffic.
It will add to Global Fabric’s international footprint. When fully built-out, Global Fabric will be available to customers internationally through140 points-of-presence hosted in the world’s top cloud locations across 40 countries. It will offer 74 per cent direct coverage of hyperscaler clouds and pre-provisioned high-bandwidth connectivity to more than 700 data centres.
Global Fabric connects multinational organisations securely, flexibly and reliably. It enables them to deploy and scale interconnectivity with third parties such as customers and suppliers across their digital value chain.
It also provides visibility and control of both access and core networks. This allows organisations to achieve a strong end-to-end network performance for their workloads, from users and devices in offices, factories and other operational sites, to the multi-cloud core, which interconnects apps and digital services such as AI. It is built on a resilient architecture and offered with a range of management options.
Equinix’s global platform interconnects multiple clouds hosting the apps, solutions and marketplaces underpinning the digital economy. It provides access to approximately 2,000 network services, approximately 3,000 cloud and IT services, more than 400 content and digital media services, and more than 4,800 enterprises.
The agreement builds on BT Group’s quantum secure communications relationship with Equinix.
Arun Dev, Global Interconnections, Equinix, said, “Our partnership enables BT to offer its customers interconnectivity with the full Equinix global digital ecosystem of cloud and IT services, as well as hundreds of content and digital media services, and over 4,800 enterprises hosted at our datacentres globally.”
Matt Swinden, director, digital connectivity, Business, BT, said, "The BT-Equinix partnership is a terrific example of our strategy to build the strongest digital foundations for our customers. Global Fabric combined with Equinix’s global ecosystem of infrastructure, cloud and digital service widens the choice we offer to customers of the best locations to interconnect their full business value chain. It will help make trading, partnering and operating a multinational business, better on BT.”