Overview
- Equinix announced Tuesday that it will host the Cisco Secure AI Factory powered by Nvidia technology across its global data center footprint to make turnkey AI stacks available to customers.
- The company said it will supply standardized AI factory blueprints and automated deployment tools to reduce the time and complexity of standing up enterprise AI workloads.
- Equinix is partnering with Presidio to install P.A.T.H. Labs inside its facilities so customers can test and validate AI systems in production‑grade environments before full rollouts.
- The offering emphasizes the physical needs of modern AI—high interconnection density, dedicated power and advanced cooling—so organizations can run large GPU clusters and networking at scale.
- The announcement drew a positive market reaction with Equinix shares rising more than 3% in premarket trading and positions Equinix as a turnkey infrastructure hub as enterprises push AI from pilots to production.