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28 March 2023
How We Navigated a Topsy-Turvy Supply Chain
Armed with robust data, careful planning, tight relationships and
a lot
of creative problem solving, we ensure that we have the servers and switches when and where we need them.
07 December 2021
How to Stand Up a Global AI Cloud Service in a Matter of Months
Trying before buying is tricky for highly specialized AI infrastructure. One way to do it is by offering it as a cloud service. But first, you need to build a cloud.
04 August 2021
Five Lessons from Deploying 25 Sites across 18 Metros in 14 Months...During a Pandemic!
Building anything physical during the last year and a half has been a challenge, but looking on the bright side, the challenges we faced made us a better and more creative team.
29 April 2021
Great Things from Small Beginnings
Our small team deployed over two dozen new Metal locations in less than 12 months. Here’s how it went and what we learned. Plus pictures!
05 January 2021
Why It’s Harder to Get a Server Into Sydney than a Satellite Into Space
In short: being good at getting hardware in (and maybe even out) of data centers of all shapes and sizes is increasingly important.
01 January 2019
Welcome to the Year of Subscale
How we're working to bring the best of hyperscale deployments to specialized hardware.
Recent authors
Jacob Smith
VP, Digital Services Strategy & Marketing
Zac Smith
Global Head, Edge Infrastructure Services
Adam Rothschild
Director, Network Engineering
David Laube
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Sam Machiz
Director, Equinix Metal Solutions
Steve Smyser
VP, Equinix Metal Finance & Commercial Solutions
Full list of authors