Cyxtera Expands its Digital Exchange with Smart Cabinets, Offering On-Demand Colocation Infrastructure with Native Access to a Configurable Network Fabric

September 28, 2021 at 08:00 AM EDT

Powered by Cyxtera’s Digital Exchange, Smart Cabinets Provide Cloud-like Point-and-Click Provisioning of Colocation Cabinets Complete with Power and Configurable Core Network-Connectivity

Cyxtera (NASDAQ: CYXT), a global leader in data center colocation and interconnection services, today announced its smart cabinet solution that provides customers with dedicated, on-demand colocation cabinets complete with built-in power and integrated, configurable, core network fabric. With Cyxtera Smart Cabinets it is no longer necessary for customers to make tradeoffs when weighing the benefits of colocation against those of public cloud models – customers can deploy into colocation with the speed and scale of the cloud without sacrificing the performance and security of dedicated infrastructure.

By leveraging the self-service customer portal or API, customers can instantly deploy and dynamically configure their end-to-end colocation infrastructure in a cloud-like, on-demand model with direct access to a robust ecosystem of technology and service providers available across the company’s global platform. Integrated with Cyxtera’s massively scalable and highly secure network fabric and offering access to network connectivity from Cyxtera’s on-demand Layer 3 bandwidth solution, IP Connect, smart cabinets enable customers to achieve rapid connectivity in an as-a-service model without requiring them to bring in additional network hardware or incur further capital expenditures to get started.

Expected to be available across 10+ global top-tier data center markets in Q1 2022, Cyxtera Smart Cabinets will enable enterprises to scale rapidly without compromising on performance, control, or cost. The company’s digital exchange, developed by Cyxtera from the ground up using an API-first approach, allows customers to connect dynamically to existing infrastructure anywhere in the world.

“Customer-centered innovation has been at the core of the solutions Cyxtera has developed since the company was founded, and this approach has enabled us to offer customers the ability to more easily consume our data centers,” said Randy Rowland, Cyxtera’s Chief Operating Officer. “Simply put, Cyxtera Smart Cabinet empowers customers to consume traditional colocation services at the speed of cloud. Our smart cabinet solution represents what we believe is a revolutionary step forward for customers that are looking to deploy their infrastructure in a resilient, secure colocation environment with the live network fabric already built into the cabinet.”

Customers of all sizes, whether they are large enterprises, SMBs, or service providers, can fully automate the delivery, installation, and configuration of their colocation infrastructure into Cyxtera Smart Cabinets, as well as the design and deployment of their network architecture using Cyxtera’s digital exchange, all powered by Cyxtera’s innovative software and API-driven customer portal. Among the various use cases for organizations to utilize smart cabinets are:

Extend an organization’s infrastructure by leveraging Cyxtera’s digital exchange platform to create a unified environment that seamlessly connects deployments across colocation, public and private clouds, and on-premises data centers.
Rapidly provision and deploy infrastructure as a backup to primary environments.
Leverage the financial and operational flexibility of Cyxtera’s ecosystem of more than 240 technology providers, including bare metal servers, enterprise storage services, and networking solutions.

With the mission of developing and delivering the next generation of cloud-like colocation, Cyxtera designed smart cabinets to simplify and solve customers’ challenges in the increasingly complex world of hybrid IT.

About Cyxtera

Cyxtera is a global leader in data center colocation and interconnection services. The company operates a footprint of 61 data centers in 28 markets around the world, providing services to more than 2,300 leading enterprises and U.S. federal government agencies. Cyxtera brings proven operational excellence, global scale, flexibility and customer-focused innovation together to provide a comprehensive portfolio of data center and interconnection services. For more information, please visit www.cyxtera.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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