INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
To prevent the coronavirus from spreading at its facilities, Equinix has decided to restrict access to its data centers in France, Germany,
including provisions for ensuring all data centers remain staffed and fully operational and that our IBXs are equipped with the necessary
service has its employees install customer equipment instead
for business-critical requests that customers cannot afford.Equinix's warehouses will also be closed and customers will not be allowed to
pick up any incoming equipment
Instead, the company's staff will do the job and move any new equipment to customers' racks or to a holding bay.In its advisory on the
This is good news as hyperscale clouds, such as AWS, rent secure areas in Equinix's data centers.The company's conference rooms will
also be off-limits due to these measures and no more than five people per party are welcome to visit its data centers
Everything these visitors touch, such as door handles, will be disinfected to prevent the virus from spreading.Via The Register
