Equinix Global Fabric
Software-defined interconnection fabric linking carrier-neutral IBX data centers across five continents
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The story
Equinix Fabric (formerly Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric) links more than 260 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in dozens of metros across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East. Through automated software-defined networking, enterprises and service providers provision dedicated, jitter-free Layer 2 and Layer 3 connections between disparate clouds, financial trading desks, and network carriers within minutes rather than weeks. Premier hubs include Ashburn, Chicago, Slough/London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Singapore, and São Paulo.
Notable
- Interconnects more than 260 Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers globally.
- Enables on-demand, software-provisioned private virtual connections between enterprise clouds and networks.
- Spans Tier-1 financial and cloud aggregation hubs including Ashburn, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, and Sydney.
- Carries high-density multi-tenant peering and private interconnects with guaranteed bandwidth.
Sites
| Code | Place | Role | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | Ashburn (DC2/DC11), United States | primary | Equinix |
| CHI | Chicago (CH1/CH4), United States | primary | Equinix |
| LON | London Slough (LD4/LD5), United Kingdom | primary | Equinix |
| FRA | Frankfurt (FR2/FR5), Germany | primary | Equinix |
| TYO | Tokyo (TY2/TY11), Japan | primary | Equinix |
| SIN | Singapore (SG1/SG3), Singapore | primary | Equinix |
| SYD | Sydney (SY1/SY4), Australia | primary | Equinix |
| SAO | São Paulo (SP2/SP4), Brazil | primary | Equinix |
Links
| From | To | Type | Capacity | Length | Year | Protected | Est. one-way latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | CHI | backbone | 5,000 Gbps | ≈ 913 km (great circle) | — | yes | 14.5 ms |
| ASH | LON | submarine | 5,000 Gbps | ≈ 5,887 km (great circle) | — | no | 66 ms |
| LON | FRA | terrestrial | 5,000 Gbps | ≈ 669 km (great circle) | — | yes | 12 ms |
| CHI | TYO | submarine | 4,000 Gbps | ≈ 10,141 km (great circle) | — | no | 98 ms |
| TYO | SIN | submarine | 4,000 Gbps | ≈ 5,311 km (great circle) | — | no | 65 ms |
| SIN | SYD | submarine | 3,000 Gbps | ≈ 6,306 km (great circle) | — | no | 92 ms |
| ASH | SAO | submarine | 3,000 Gbps | ≈ 7,665 km (great circle) | — | no | 108 ms |
Latency marked ≈ is our estimate from the great-circle distance × 1.5 at 5 µs per km, not the operator's figure.
Sources
- Equinix Fabric Global Interconnection · Equinix · 2024-01-01
- Equinix Global IBX Footprint · Equinix · 2024-01-01
Part of the open famous data centers dataset (CC BY 4.0). Updated 2026-10-15.
What is Equinix Global Fabric famous for?
Software-defined interconnection fabric linking carrier-neutral IBX data centers across five continents
How many sites and links does Equinix Global Fabric have in this dataset?
8 sites and 7 links, of which 5 are recorded as not protected. Figures are from the public sources listed on the page.
Who operates Equinix Global Fabric?
Equinix