How do you save a disappearing country?
On the latest episode of Traceroute, we look at how climate change is forcing the island nation of Tuvalu to rethink what it means to be a state. For the island nation of Tuvalu, the effects of climate change are more than a warning; they’re an eviction notice. Estimates vary as to when the small chain of coral islands could vanish beneath the waves, but experts agree that Tuvalu may be uninhabitable long before then, prompting its people to set sail for a new frontier… The metaverse. Within this digital landscape, Tuvalu could potentially preserve its lands, heritage, and governance, effectively pioneering a new model for nationhood, in which a nation and its people exist in two realms—physical and virtual. But how does one go from sand to silicon while maintaining the essence of a culture? And what is the real-world environmental impact of storing a nation’s worth of data? Whether we take Tuvalu’s proposal literally or view it as a symbolic call to action, unpacking the logistics of such an ambitious project offers a glimpse at the expertise required to bring it to life—from tech experts grappling with digital economy governance to cultural preservationists digitizing traditional art and oral histories. The work forces us to ask: Can you really backup a country the way you backup a computer? And if so, what does that mean for the future of nationhood, identity, and the planet itself?The GXI Report: Your Guide to the Future of the Digital Economy
The annual Global Interconnection Index (GXI) is a crystal ball into the future of the digital economy, full of predictions and insights that redefine how we connect and thrive in a digital world. 📈 Bandwidth Growth: Watch as interconnection bandwidth skyrockets at a 34% five-year CAGR, hitting a mind-blowing 33,578 Tbps. ☁️ Multicloud Mastery: By 2025, 85% of global companies will have embraced multicloud strategies across numerous regions. It's the era of cloud without borders, enhancing flexibility and operational resilience. 🌐 Fortune 500's Digital Pivot: By 2025, 90% of Fortune 500 companies will transform into digital providers, both selling and consuming digital services. It's a shift from traditional business models to digital-first strategies. 🔄 Hardware Renaissance: The next few years will witness a doubling in hardware refresh rates, spurred by ever-improving price/performance ratios. By 2026, technology lifecycles will accelerate, keeping pace with innovation demands. 💡 Growth Through Composition: By 2026, 60% of digital growth will be propelled by composable business models, outshining mergers and acquisitions. It’s a paradigm shift towards more agile and adaptable growth strategies. 📊 Subscription Surge: A significant 80% of Enterprise digital infrastructure investment is expected to shift to subscription models by 2026. This marks a strategic move towards operational flexibility and financial predictability. Please reach out to discuss any of these developments!Is there a perfect tool to bridge the physical and digital divides?
Stick around as we explore how tech both creates and disrupts our groove, and whether the secret sauce of in-person jams can really translate to the digital world. Part 1 – The Synchrony Paradox In this episode of Traceroute, we delve into a quest for the perfect tool to help bridge the physical and digital divides that increasingly appear between musicians like John and Arman. From California’s Bay Area to the buzzing streets of Hong Kong, we find a host of technologists who, spurred on by the impacts of a global pandemic, are already hard at work tackling the kind of low-latency global networking solutions that just might be the key to keeping the band in one semi-remote piece. But within this particular stack, there lies an even bigger conundrum. Because even if we somehow manifest the right tool for the job, is the magic of this so-called “vibe” even replicable? Or is there another solution altogether? Part 2 - The Synchrony Paradox In part one of our story, we sourced the perfect tool for jamming together from miles apart. Today, we’re gonna take it for a little spin. But between setup delays and spotty internet, a more nuanced issue begins to surface. Because, in navigating the challenges of remote music collaboration, we’re quickly reminded that adapting to new tech is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. So what are we to do when the tech itself starts to harsh the vibe? And what even is this so-called vibe anyway? How are we supposed to capture it if we don’t know what “it” is? Stick around as we explore how tech both creates and disrupts our groove, and whether the secret sauce of in-person jams can really translate to the digital world.What tech are you tinkering with these days in your side projects?
With AI being so topical these days I recently started to played around with stable diffusion, via the InvokeAI project (https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/) - I'm hoping to write up a blog my experiences but the TL;DR is that InvokeAI is a pretty slick project. I was also playing around with GitHub Action self-hosted runners (https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/adding-self-hosted-runners) and was pretty impressed by how easy it was to install and use. Anyone else tinkering around with something? I've been meaning to further look into Rust and WebAssembly but haven't found the time to get back into it.How do we prepare our kids for jobs that don’t exist?
Studies show that technology is progressing at such a rapid pace that up to 85% of the jobs that will be available in 2040 have not been created yet. Will AI, ML, and hardware advancements create a society where careers we take for granted today won’t exist in the future? In the Traceroute Podcast episode 9 “The Kids are Alright”, join me, Grace Ewura-Esi and Amy Tobey as Producer John Taylor puts a personal face on this idea through his 13-year-old daughter, Ella, who wants to be a chef when she grows up. Together, they explore this issue with Executive Chef-turned-Dell Computer Advocate Tim Banks, as well as employment attorney Michael Lotito, whose Emma Coalition seeks solutions to TIDE, the technologically induced displacement of Employment. Between trips to fully-automated restaurants and the latest advancements in 3D food replication, we discover that Gen Z’s humanity may be their biggest asset in tomorrow’s job market.New Traceroute Episode: Has AI triggered our emotions?
Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, people have humanized technology. We name our cars, or we talk to our phone batteries and beg them not to die on us. However, perhaps no other technology has triggered our emotions quite as intensely as AI. The truth is, we interact with AI in a way we don’t with any other tech: a way that’s more immediate, more personal…more human. The question is, why do we feel this way? In fact, why do we have feelings at all about AI? In this Traceroute two-parter, we go to couples counseling with AI and take a deeper look at this unique relationship. In part one, we explore the good side of our feelings. We talk with JD Ambati of EverestLabs, a company using AI to reduce thousands of tons of CO2e emissions, and we meet James Vlahos, the scientist giving voice to “Moxie,” an AI robot that teaches kids how to express their feelings and have deeper emotional connections. If AI can indeed solve problems and create emotional bonds, surely it would never try to do us harm… right?Welcome! Share how you (or your company) is making an impact in STEM
In honor of National STEM Day coming up on November 8th, we wanted to highlight the importance ofstrongscience, technology, engineering, art, and mathematicsskills in students around the world.Here at Equinix, we have a commitment toadvancing digital inclusion and in 2022 launched a new Pathways to Tech program, giving our employees the opportunity to share their unique experiences and career journeys to educate youth aboutdifferent ways to enter the data center industry. We'd love to hear how have you (or your company) made an impact in shaping the future with STEM? Welcome our newest members! Be sure to update yourprofile imageandintroduce yourself! Abhi AbigailWelsh AFreda akhateeb Analy Antgomez ARogers Atal2016 barryvornberger bavani777 bdeclercq blaze boluokun Brettv bucky007 chanlui Chrisseven ciliu cjousten connorcollins Dan_Cotton dburton DMJoshi dmuehlstein dongpeiming @DP Electricianhc eliphas_ftec Emal emilysmith eric_fairfield eriklonroth estratto FadiBarbarCet francisco8319 francisjkim FranKo freddyjanssens fsantana fsc-jmagic GILBERTO giselle GMcinnes Gnoesch gordont greenbold Harsimran Hidayet hthompson ioanjalba J_Benitez jackyyang01 Jacob Janepenn JavierMata jbartig jborrero jdelgatt jicostig jinrou jmanchoulas JMcIlvenny JoachimK JOHANVANVELZEN Jordan jpolaszek JPryor jtaglinao jtorresmemx julianSomers julsilva KalpanaGopal kknakmuhs kluca kocherk kolomja3 @KS ksung kurosaki larryma Laura_06 lgalliani longo9596 mae_emmanuelle Manny5 marcellelee MarcusHopwood marek Martijn MaxTurg @MG @MH MikeW @NA Naomi nocirideos OceanWang OKAN pedapudibhargav ray_jackson Resh9201 Rogerio rromanyak @RT Sagarasati Santiago_Miguel satochika scaxevan sgubba simonrnss smkirkland ssheppard12 staceyyyannett Stan1 stephenhwang Subordination sugiyama Teru Thomas_Dietrich Thomas_VDB tpham Val vwigant1 wesley whaikit whitbuck2 wneri Wuchunsing ykushihara yongming Yuta 望月要 高橋秀美Interested in building a sustainable network? Join our Tech Talk this week!
Discover how sustainability and technology intersects with our 20-minute Tech Talk on October 26 th . In my upcoming Tech Talk, I’ll be joined by Sarwar Khan, Sustainability Lead at BT; Sarwar has 12 years’ experience in developing decarbonization strategies, products and propositions spanning across the telecoms, IT, and energy industries, working for both large corporates and start-ups. Get ready to learn more about: How BT’s Digital Carbon Calculator provides a unique view into which network assets to optimize for sustainability The benefits of combining carbon footprint data and IT services lifecycle management to gain network efficiencies How BT’s global network combined with Equinix’s own tooling, and data center colocation and virtual interconnection services, in a hybrid multicloud environment enables energy efficiency and reduction of carbon emissions at scale. Got a question you want covered? Ask below! Don’t forget toregister here.Rearchitecting a Global Connected-Car Network
A recent deployment by one of our partners, Travelping, demonstrates an interesting use case for solving a cellular carrier issue using edge infrastructure capabilities from Equinix. The Problem? The carrier’s network, while global, was not set up to remove some of the multi-access complexity which then impacted latency, or meet all the data localization requirements for connected vehicle regulations. The Solution? Travelping’s solution was to deploy the PDN Gateway functionality virtually in an Equinix data center in Korea using Equinix Metal, the bare metal cloud service that provides automated dedicated compute infrastructure on demand globally. Check out the full story on our blogLinkedIn Live | Digital Trends | July 19, 2022
Hey community! Michael from the Equinix Social Media team here. We'll be hosting a LinkedIn Live event on July 19th featuring guests Maribel Lopez (Founder and Principal Analyst, Lopez Research), Keith Townsend (CEO and Founder, The CTO Advisor) and Leanne Starace (SVP, Global Solutions Architecture and Engineering, Equinix). They'll be discussing Digital Transformation and Digital Infrastructure trends discovered in our2022 Equinix Global Tech Trends survey. Tune into the LinkedIn Live Event hereand be sure to follow us onLinkedIn Let us know if you'll be tuning in and if there's any live events you'd like to see in the future.
