Equinix Private AI with NVIDIA DGX—turnkey, ready-to-run AI development platform
Deployed by NVIDIA. Hosted and managed by Equinix.
Today’s digital-first business environment sees enterprises across the globe exploring the power of AI and other new technologies to scale and grow. Certified NVIDIA Colocation Partner and Managed Solutions Provider Equinix and AI trailblazer NVIDIA combine to create a unique, high-performing environment for AI operations in a rapidly evolving landscape. Together, Equinix and NVIDIA address privacy and secure connectivity needs, while also providing the powerful compute and advanced cooling necessary for data-intensive AI workloads. Our purpose-built hybrid multicloud infrastructure brings AI directly to your customers’ data—along with supplier-neutral access to a richly collaborative ecosystem to accelerate AI innovations.
Equinix Private AI with NVIDIA DGX is the high-value, turnkey solution that enables your customers to place NVIDIA DGX systems close to their data. It’s built around direct, high-speed connectivity to the public cloud and an ecosystem of network service providers (NSP) to pull information across the corporate WAN.
DGX: the AI platform that powers the world
NVIDIA DGX is a proven platform powering AI enterprises around the globe, adopted across every industry. It incorporates the best of NVIDIA software, infrastructure, and expertise in a modern, unified AI development solution spanning clouds and on-prem.
Equinix Private AI with NVIDIA DGX enables you to leverage the same DGX platform without the worry of deploying or operating it. That’s whether you need to start with NVIDIA DGX BasePOD or scale to larger and more complex workloads with NVIDIA DGX SuperPODTM utilizing high bandwidth, low latency NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking.
Supported by NVIDIA DGX experts, leverage developer tools like the NVIDIA NeMoTM framework to effortlessly build, customize, and deploy generative AI models. Streamline the entire AI implementation process using NVIDIA NIMTM with accelerated inference microservices.
Powered by Equinix solutions end-to-end
Bring together all the right places, partners, and possibilities with Platform Equinix®
Equinix makes interconnection easy through its own trusted network of 260+ International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers located in 71 major metros worldwide. This enables businesses to innovate and create value through a richly collaborative ecosystem of tools, technologies, and capabilities. Platform Equinix helps enterprises support on-prem DGX training, tap into cloud services, and extend AI edge workloads. With 96% renewable energy coverage of our data centers, enterprises can scale flexibly while maintaining sustainability commitments.
Maximize the potential of NVIDIA DGX with Equinix colocation services
High-performance computing (HPC) architectures that support increasingly energy-hungry AI workloads require efficient space allocation and minimal latency between computing resources. These data-intensive workloads should be strategically located to ensure optimized data and throughput access. It’s also important to consider sustainability and adopt innovative technologies like liquid cooling. Equinix’s colocation services and high-performance data centers make the ideal platform for NVIDIA DGX thanks to their security, AI-ready connectivity, and energy efficiency.
Plug into unmatched global connectivity with Equinix Fabric™
Alongside its secure colocation services, high-speed Equinix Fabric interconnection solutions and digital services improve data management, so enterprises can scale hybrid deployments easily and securely. Unlimited local connection ports seamlessly link Equinix-hosted DGX systems with public cloud services, networks, and digital partners. Benefit from low-latency, as well as efficient, AI-ready data integration and exchange.
Your passport to certified technical expertise: Equinix Managed Solutions
Access end-to-end infrastructure management for the DGX platform—from storage, network switches, and software elements up to and including the solution’s operating system. This comprehensive management offers exceptional infrastructure performance and reliability. Through system integration with data generators, the service achieves unparalleled availability, resulting in higher execution rates for scheduled AI workloads.
Customers benefit from 24/7 platform monitoring by NVIDIA-trained experts, ensuring rapid issue detection and resolution—often within minutes—accelerating time-to-market for AI initiatives. Equinix delivers comprehensive expertise from the data center floor to the advanced cluster manager, allowing customers to focus on their core AI applications rather than infrastructure management.
Key components of Equinix Managed Solutions include:
- Equinix Internet access: via 2x 10 Gbps dual homed interfaces.
- Equinix Smart View: Provides power utilization and environmental telemetry plus DCIM altering to assist the Equinix Managed Solutions team in managing the holistic solution.
- 2x Equinix Managed Solutions Managed Fortinet firewalls: Prevents data and network exposure to threats or unauthorized access. Constant monitoring of the firewalls ensures optimal performance and protection.
- Equinix Smart Hands Services: Delivers tech support including remote server access, custom installations and equipment troubleshooting 24/7 across all Equinix IBX data centers.
- Technical support collaboration: NVIDIA provides end-customer support at the data and application layer. Equinix provides platform support spanning the management software down to the NVIDIA DGX software stack OS.
Explore additional services that meet specific digital infrastructure needs:
- Virtual connections (VCs) across Equinix Fabric for hyperscale cloud connectivity and NSPs for corporate WAN integration.
- Equinix Cross Connects to other colocation deployments in the same metro.
- Additions to the Managed Services Managed Firewall include Intrusion Prevention, Advanced Threat Protection and Unified Threat Prevention (greater than 10 GB log retention).
- DDoS Mitigation services available from Equinix Fabric’s ecosystem of security vendors including Akamai, CloudFlare, etc.
Scaling advanced cooling innovation with Equinix
Equinix is innovating colocation to support liquid-cooled, power-intensive colocation capacity. Deploy the next generation of transformational, high-performance, AI-ready infrastructure while supporting your sustainability goals including via cage-and-cabinet-level access to facility water that enables standardized and highly scalable liquid-cooled colocation capacity. Backed by 96% renewable energy coverage, Equinix is strategically located at the crossroads of clouds, global networks, digital ecosystems, and the edge.
A powerful partnership of leaders
Leverage the combined strengths of Certified NVIDIA Colocation Partner and Managed Solutions Provider Equinix and AI trailblazer NVIDIA to create a secure, high-performance AI environment customized around your needs.
Purpose-built hybrid multicloud infrastructure
Bring powerful AI directly to your customer’s data via direct, high-speed public cloud. Access a collaborative ecosystem of NSPs to innovate at speed and scale.
Proven NVIDIA DGX platform
Know that you’re in good company with NVIDIA DGX—first choice for AI enterprises worldwide incorporating the best of Nvidia software, infrastructure and expertise, spanning cloud and on-prem.
Global Equinix integration
Make the most of NVIDIA DGX backed by the full range of Equinix services including the Platform Equinix global network; secure, liquid-cooled, AI-ready colocation services; the unmatched global connectivity of Equinix Fabric; and the technical expertise of Equinix Managed Solutions backed by NVIDIA certification.
AI neutrality with global reach
Benefit from Equinix’s neutrality, enabling you to work with your choice of NVIDIA partners. Backed by our global footprint spanning 260+ interconnected data centers on six continents, our AI solutions are scalable and built with sustainability in mind.
Unparalleled choice and flexibility
Our strategic partnership with NVIDIA offers customers near-limitless options. The focus on private AI within a hybrid AI architecture underscores our commitment to secure, tailored, and high-performance solutions at predictable costs. Get your enterprise AI-ready with confidence, while also increasing data control.