Digital Realty announces expansion of ServiceFabric

Jan. 29, 2024
The company reports that members can streamline workflows and implement AI- workload solutions.

Data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions provider Digital Realty announced on Jan. 22 that its service orchestration platform, ServiceFabric™, is continuing to grow and now comprises 70 members providing more than 100 services, including secure and direct connections to cloud on-ramps. The platform interconnects workflow participants, applications, clouds, and ecosystems on ServiceFabric’s global data center platform, PlatformDIGITAL®.

In a press release, Digital Realty’s chief technology officer, Chris Sharp, said, “ServiceFabric is redefining the way customers and partners interact with our global data center platform. By fostering an open and collaborative environment, we’re empowering businesses to build and orchestrate their ideal solutions with unparalleled ease and efficiency.”

Digital Realty reports that its platform is an enabler of AI and high-performance computing (HPC), especially for applications that rely on low latency and private data exchange between many parties.

Sharp added, “Offering access to a dense and highly connected data community, ServiceFabric is poised to become the go-to platform for businesses seeking to build and manage their solutions in an open, secure, and efficient way. We are continuously evolving and expanding our platform to meet the ‘next data exchange’ and evolving traffic patterns driven by hybrid, multi-cloud, and AI-workload solutions.”

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