Key Highlights
- Shares of Equinix climbed 2% Wednesday following the reveal of the Equinix Inference Exchange initiative
- The initiative was developed in partnership with Nvidia and Together AI
- More than 200 open-source models are supported via Together AI’s inference platform
- The announcement took place at Equinix Horizon, the company’s inaugural customer and partner gathering
- The Equinix Inference Exchange platform will launch in Q1 2027
Equinix (EQIX) shares advanced 2% Wednesday following the company’s announcement of Equinix Inference Exchange, a distributed artificial intelligence inference platform developed in partnership with Nvidia and Together AI.
This initiative integrates Nvidia’s Enterprise Reference Architectures with Together AI’s inference technology and Equinix’s worldwide data center network. The platform aims to enable businesses to implement AI workloads with greater speed, reduced expenses, and enhanced scalability.
Together AI’s technology provides access to over 200 open-source models. These models will be accessible through Equinix’s international data center footprint and linked via Equinix Fabric to cloud platforms, networks, and AI service providers.
The reveal occurred during Equinix Horizon, the company’s first-ever customer and partner conference. During the same event, Equinix also introduced Equinix Fabric One, designed to facilitate enterprise connectivity across distributed AI infrastructures.
Chief Executive Adaire Fox-Martin stated the organization is “uniquely positioned” to address enterprise AI requirements, referencing almost 30 years of experience constructing infrastructure for mission-critical workloads.
Platform Architecture Explained
The offering is built on a three-tier architecture. Equinix delivers the foundational infrastructure layer, encompassing power systems, cooling capabilities, and operational management. Nvidia contributes its Enterprise Reference Architectures and AI hardware infrastructure. Together AI operates the inference layer, managing both shared and dedicated deployment configurations.
The platform establishes connections to inference providers throughout major metropolitan areas globally, engineered to minimize time-to-first-token. It also integrates with an extensive array of cloud services, network providers, and AI platforms to streamline deployment processes.
Equinix presently manages over 280 data centers spanning 77 metropolitan markets, featuring 230 cloud on-ramp connections and more than 10,500 interconnected enterprises. Eight of the leading 10 AI model providers and nine of the top 10 AI cloud platforms currently utilize Equinix infrastructure.
Target Applications and Use Cases
Equinix Inference Exchange addresses three primary enterprise scenarios. First is metro edge inference, which positions AI processing closer to end users and data sources for reduced latency. Second is open model migration, assisting organizations transitioning from proprietary models to open-source frameworks. Third is sovereign AI, supporting enterprises in regulated sectors requiring AI workloads to operate within designated geographic boundaries.
Nvidia Vice President Raj Mirpuri commented that the collaboration “turns the world’s leading digital interconnection platform into a global fabric for AI inference.”
Together AI co-founder and Chief Executive Vipul Ved Prakash noted the partnership demonstrates that model selection and performance “are not trade-offs” but instead “the foundation of enterprise AI done right.”
The Equinix Inference Exchange platform is scheduled for availability beginning in the first quarter of 2027.
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