Equinix and Cisco bring secure AI infrastructure to Singapore data centres

Equinix and Cisco have expanded their collaboration in Singapore to let organisations deploy Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA inside Equinix’s Singapore data centres.

The companies said the validated architecture is designed to help organisations deploy AI systems more securely and with less complexity. It combines Cisco’s AI infrastructure architecture with NVIDIA technology and is being made available through Equinix’s local data centre footprint.

The collaboration also extends to edge locations through Cisco Unified Edge, an AI-ready infrastructure product for environments such as retail stores, hospitals and warehouses. That gives the offering a wider role than centralised data centre deployment, as some organisations need to process data closer to where it is generated.

Singapore organisations face infrastructure limits

The release points to infrastructure as one of the main constraints facing AI adoption in Singapore. According to the 2025 Cisco AI Readiness Index cited by the companies, 83% of Singaporean organisations plan to deploy AI agents, but only one in 10 say their networks are fully flexible and capable of scaling instantly.

That gap is the commercial opening for the Equinix and Cisco collaboration. The companies are pitching the deployment as a way for organisations to run AI workloads in private, high-performance environments while managing data governance, security and latency requirements.

Equinix said organisations can also work with its ecosystem of more than 2,000 technology companies to test configurations, understand connectivity needs and assess how AI systems can be supported across data centres, cloud services and edge locations.

Cisco Secure AI Factory is being deployed inside Equinix facilities

Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA will be available for deployment within Equinix’s data centres. The companies said the architecture includes built-in security, observability and zero-trust controls across the AI stack.

In practical terms, the offering is aimed at organisations that want to process data in private environments, manage AI deployments more consistently and extend infrastructure to edge locations where faster decision-making may be required. The release said fleet management techniques can reduce data retrieval times from minutes to seconds for real-time decision-making at the AI edge.

“As AI becomes more embedded in business strategies, organisations need to connect to their ecosystems, make informed decisions, and scale with confidence. Through our expanded collaboration with Cisco, we will help organisations extend their AI infrastructure from centralised data centres to distributed environments while keeping operational complexity in check,” said Yee May Leong, Managing Director, Singapore, Equinix.

Bee Kheng Tay, President, ASEAN, Cisco, said organisations scaling AI need infrastructure that is “simple, secure, and scalable”. Cisco and Equinix said the initiative supports Singapore’s National AI Missions by providing secure, edge-ready infrastructure for sectors including finance and manufacturing.