Equinix Extends Digital Edge with New Data Center in Sydney
The density of carriers, cloud service providers (CSP) and subsea cables in
Highlights / Key Facts
- The SY5 IBX will be located in
Alexandria , about 2.5 miles fromSydney's central business district, and will host a total colocation space of more than 260,000 square feet (approximately 25,000 square meters) when fully built. When the facility opens,Equinix will have a national footprint of 16 IBX data centers acrossSydney ,Melbourne ,Perth ,Canberra ,Adelaide andBrisbane , with eight inSydney . - Equinix Sydney facilities enable companies to set up direct links to the continent's two largest peering points along with direct access to: the trans-Pacific telecommunications cables network Southern Cross Cable Head; the PIPE Pacific Cable network that runs from
Australia toGuam ; the new submarine cable system Hawaiki that connectsAustralia withNew Zealand , other Pacific Islands and the continental US; as well as the Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) betweenAustralia andSingapore . - The SY5 IBX will benefit from direct fiber cross connect capability between the SY1, SY2, SY3 and SY4 IBX data centers with the richest ecosystem of customers in
Australia , including over 155 network service providers (NSP), 265 cloud and IT service providers, more than 75 financial services companies and over 55 content and digital media organizations. SY5 will be located adjacent to SY4 with direct physical access between the buildings via a secure link bridge, creating a physical campus extension between the sites. - The SY5 IBX will also benefit from Equinix Metro Connect connectivity to the SY6 IBX in Silverwater, providing customers with the ability to support geographical diversity and redundancy as needed to support full business continuity within the
Sydney basin. - As part of Platform Equinix®, SY5 will offer a wide range of connectivity options, including Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric™ (ECX Fabric™), which allows businesses to set up on-demand and secure connections to over 130 service providers and more than 1,400 participants across all regions around the world. ECX Fabric provides the largest cloud on-ramp to more than 265 CSPs in
Australia , includingAlibaba , Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, SAP Cloud,Oracle , SoftLayer and other local providers. Equinix has been namedFrost & Sullivan's 2018 Australia Data Center Services Provider of the Year for its unmatched national footprint and robust interconnection services, creating tremendous values for its customers.- Over the past three years,
Equinix has invested more than$800 million to organically build and expand its presence in theAsia-Pacific region .Equinix currently has 40 IBX data centers across 12 markets inAsia-Pacific . This January, the company announced it is building its fourth IBX data center inSingapore and entering a new market inSeoul, South Korea . - Globally, IBX facilities are built on Platform Equinix, which is comprised of 200 IBX data centers across 52 markets and 24 countries, providing data center and interconnection services for more than 9,800 of the world's leading businesses.
Quotes
Audrey William , Senior Fellow and Head of Research,Australia and New Zealand , ICT,Frost & Sullivan
"The rise in the uptake of technologies such as analytics, IoT, cloud and 5G coming to fruition in
Samuel Lee , President, Equinix Asia-Pacific
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Jeremy Deutsch , Managing Director, Equinix Australia
"We're thrilled to continue an exciting period of growth for
Additional Resources
- Equinix Sydney data centers [website]
- Equinix SY5 IBX Specifications [website]
- From an idea to an innovation center: an Australian story [blog]
- FrostIQ Report [analyst report]
- ECX Fabric Datasheet [website]
- Equinix Invests
$85 Million toBuild Fourth Data Center inSingapore [press release] - Equinix Expands its Global Footprint to
South Korea withNew Data Center inSeoul [press release]
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[1] Frost & Sullivan's Edge Computing Awareness Level – APAC, 2018
[2] IDC's Unlocking the Economic Impact of Digital Transformation in
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