Zayo and Equinix Launch an AI Infrastructure Blueprint
Hema Kadia
September 25, 2025
AI now depends as much on the network and interconnection layer as it does on GPUs, and this blueprint turns that reality into a repeatable design. Training has concentrated in a few massive regions, while inference is exploding at the edge and in enterprise colocation sites, creating a scale challenge the industry hasn’t codified until now. Zayo and Equinix are proposing a common model that aligns high-capacity transport, neutral interconnection hubs, and specialized training and inference data centers. The aim is to shorten time to market for AI services by providing reference designs that reduce trial-and-error across L1–L3, interconnection, and
