Equinix Inc., a digital infrastructure company, has introduced Equinix Fabric One, a managed service that automates connections among companies’ artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and networking systems.
The service is intended to reduce the time and technical work involved in connecting multiple cloud providers, AI platforms, business partners, and locations. Instead of building each connection separately, customers tell Equinix what systems they need to connect and set their requirements.
Equinix Fabric One then handles routing, cloud connections, encryption, backup connections, and failover. Customers can submit requests through a portal, application programming interfaces, automated workflows, AI agents, or natural-language prompts.
“For decades, enterprise networks have been built one connection at a time for each partner and provider they depend on. That approach doesn’t scale in a world of distributed AI that demands dynamic, flexible, and real-time connectivity,” said Chris Audie, chief product officer, Equinix. “Equinix Fabric One will reduce the complexity that’s slowing enterprises down by automatically managing connectivity across distributed architectures, based on the customer’s intent.”
The service will use the open-source OpenAPI 3.0 Interconnect specification developed through collaboration between Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. This is designed to allow companies to connect different providers without being tied to a single cloud platform.
“Networking is still a key area of enterprise infrastructure that remains heavily dependent on manual design and operations,” said Andrew Buss, senior research director, Cloud and Datacenters, Enterprise Infrastructure at IDC. “Organizations are increasingly looking for ways to simplify and automate how connectivity is provisioned and managed across distributed cloud and AI environments, but achieving this transformation remains a major challenge.”
Equinix said Fabric One will draw on its network of more than 10,500 interconnected businesses and about 3,000 cloud and IT providers. The company also unveiled Equinix Inference Exchange, which is intended to speed up the deployment of enterprise AI infrastructure.