Vital market for enterprises seeking sustainable growth. .
Digital infrastructure company Equinix has expanded Equinix Fabric with the addition of four leading network service providers (NSPs) in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to deliver connectivity into Greater China.
With the recent extension of Platform Equinix, digital leaders will be able to architect a digital infrastructure with the agility needed to enter and respond to the increasingly dynamic market, and seamlessly interconnect to a rich ecosystem of clouds, networks, partners and customers that matter the most to their digital businesses.
Greater China is a vital market for enterprises seeking sustainable growth. Registering US$5.5 trillion in 2019, the country’s digital economy is the second largest in the world, with a growth rate three times higher than that of a traditional manufacturing economy.
Hong Kong ranked fifth in IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2020 published by the IMD World Competitiveness Centre, which is an indication of the city’s outstanding adoption of new digital technology.
Taiwan also recently launched its Digital Nation and Innovative Economic Development Plan (2017-2025), known as “DIGI+”, and set a target to grow its digital economy to US$205.9 billion by 2025. With more and more enterprises eyeing this thriving market, connectivity access to Greater China is becoming increasingly important for customers looking to fully tap the potential of this booming market.
Businesses will be able to directly access, on-demand access to top NSPs in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan through Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centres in Hong Kong. Within minutes, customers can use Equinix Fabric to gain access to network services like MPLS, Ethernet and Internet Access from multiple NSPs in Greater China. Leveraging dedicated cross-border bandwidth and point of presence (Pop) in the Equinix IBX campus in Hong Kong, businesses can securely and easily access the Greater China market.
Equinix Fabric is a software-defined interconnection service that allows any business to connect between its own distributed infrastructure and any other company’s infrastructure on Platform Equinix.
With growing demand for ecosystem access, infrastructure performance and network agility, customers are choosing Equinix Fabric as their de facto interconnection standard for connecting their digital infrastructure globally across Platform Equinix.
For enterprises seeking to instantly expand their network reach into new locations in the Greater China region, Equinix offers metro-to-metro connectivity and faster turnaround between the Greater China region and other locations in Asia-Pacific through Hong Kong, giving enterprises ready access to their own infrastructure, customers, ecosystem and clouds across the region.
Multiple leading NSPs in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have integrated with Equinix Fabric in Hong Kong to provide secure connectivity in Greater China. These NSPs include China Mobile International (CMI), China Telecom Global, Chief Telecom and HKBN.
