Fabric One: The Future of AI-Ready Connectivity

As AI adoption accelerates, enterprises face a growing challenge: connecting clouds, AI platforms, applications, data and partners without adding complexity. In this Horizon 2026 discussion, Chris Audi, Chief Product Officer at Equinix, introduces Fabric One, Equinix's new intent-driven operating model for enterprise connectivity. Designed for an increasingly distributed, AI-powered world, Fabric One aims to simplify how organizations connect across clouds, AI platforms and digital ecosystems while reducing infrastructure overhead. Chris is joined by leaders from AWS, Google Cloud, Lambda and Hyundai AutoEver America to explore how AI is reshaping enterprise architecture, why traditional networking models are becoming a bottleneck, and what it will take to support connectivity at agent scale. Topics include: • The rise of multi-cloud and AI-driven infrastructure • Why connectivity must become simpler, faster and more automated • Building secure, resilient networks by intent rather than manual configuration • How AI agents are changing infrastructure requirements • Eliminating networking complexity to accelerate innovation • The value of open ecosystem partnerships across cloud providers • Real-world perspectives from enterprise, cloud and AI infrastructure leaders Featuring: • Chris Audi, Chief Product Officer, Equinix • Anoop Dewani, AWS Connectivity Services, Amazon Web Services • Himanshu Mehra, Network Connectivity Services, Google Cloud • Dave Ward, CTO, Lambda • Paul Hager, President & CEO, Hyundai AutoEver America Chapters: 0:00 Why every new AI destination becomes a network project 2:41 The hidden tax of connectivity projects on innovation 4:56 Fabric One: declare the outcome, not the connection 8:03 What enterprises and AI teams expect from connectivity 11:03 Agent-scale connectivity and the open cross-cloud API spec 18:31 Production-ready connectivity for AI workloads 24:59 AI agents as network consumers and what comes next FAQs: Q: What is Equinix Fabric One? A: Fabric One is an intent-driven, neutral operating model for enterprise connectivity. You declare the outcome you need, and Fabric One composes the routing, peering, encryption and failover into a fully provisioned, self-healing network. The workflow is the same whether you're connecting to AWS, Google Cloud or a destination that doesn't exist yet. Q: Why does AI make enterprise connectivity harder? A: Every new AI model, GPU platform, sandbox, partner or region is another destination your business needs to reach. Each connection usually means a design exercise, a security review and a change to a provisioning workflow. As AI agents multiply, the number of connections, policies and failure scenarios grows faster than teams can manage by hand. Q: What is the open API spec for cross-cloud interconnect? A: It's a specification that AWS and Google Cloud worked on together so customers can create cross-cloud network connectivity with an API call. Its goals are composable networks where you define the outcome rather than the plumbing, built-in security, connections that machines and AI agents can use, and the kind of visibility you'd expect inside a single cloud. Q: What do AI agents need from the network? A: Agents are short-lived and operate at a much larger scale than human users. The session puts it at 1000x or more. They need just-in-time, automated connectivity with little or no human involvement, capacity that's available on demand, and security and reliability built in by default. Learn how Fabric One is helping organizations move from managing connections to accelerating outcomes, enabling faster innovation across cloud, AI and digital infrastructure ecosystems. #EnterpriseAI #HybridCloud #AWS #GoogleCloud #LambdaAI #DigitalTransformation Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) shortens the path to boundless connectivity anywhere in the world. Its digital infrastructure, data center footprint and interconnected ecosystems empower innovations that enhance our work, life and planet. Equinix connects economies, countries, organizations and communities, delivering seamless digital experiences and cutting-edge AI—quickly, efficiently and everywhere. 6859