Equinix invested approximately US$160 million to add a total of 4,175 cabinets to two of its International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers – SY5 in Sydney and ME2 in Melbourne.
“Since Private AI is emerging as the preferred model of adoption, access to high-performance digital infrastructure is essential,” said Guy Danskine, managing director of Equinix Australia.
He further explains that the expansion can provide “organisations with low-latency connectivity to multiple cloud providers, as well as private infrastructure enabling them to leverage best-of-breed AI models while maintaining localisation and control of their data.”
Sustainability programme
“Sustainability and efficiency remain a core focus to ensure we deliver this increasingly energy-intensive digital infrastructure in a responsible way,” Danskine assured.
Equinix plans to expand support for advanced liquid cooling technologies, enabling more businesses to maximise cooling technologies for high-density hardware that supports AI adoption.
Sustainable construction initiatives aim to minimise waste and have already achieved a 95% recycling rate for all waste on-site, including copper, steel, and cardboard. Equinix has also successfully reduced waste from electrical cabling, ductwork, and fire pipes by 25% through a digital twin approach using 3D building information modeling (BIM).
These locally deployed initiatives are part of the company’s global Future First sustainability programme, aimed at delivering value while minimising environmental and social impact.
