ROUND ROCK, Texas
and MEMPHIS, Tenn. and LAS VEGAS, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell
Technologies (NYSE: DELL), FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and
Switch (NYSE: SWCH) are working together to develop
exascale multi-cloud edge infrastructure services. This will bring
compute, storage and connectivity to the network edge and help
customers overcome performance barriers for latency-sensitive
applications.
This initiative will focus on bringing multi-cloud resources and
exascale compute power closer to where customers run their
businesses. Taking this approach allows organizations to make
real-time decisions using capabilities like artificial
intelligence, machine learning and 5G.
The companies plan to build technology hubs across the United States that will be capable of
supporting multiple cloud environments with Switch's edge data
centers and Dell Technologies' cloud infrastructure. The hubs will
be placed in strategic, secure FedEx locations, with the first
underway in Memphis, Tenn.
This combination creates the foundation for a consistent
experience across multiple cloud platforms.
Switch will deliver 100% uptime at the edge by utilizing the
world's only Class 4 EDGE data center, the Switch MOD 15,
interconnected with Switch's four PRIME data center campus
locations. The data centers' infrastructure will include Dell
Technologies servers, hyperconverged infrastructure, storage and
networking products. As the managed solutions provider of choice,
Dell Technologies will deliver the cloud solutions and
services to support operations.
FedEx will provide the real estate and a portion of the
construction and infrastructure costs. As the first consumer
of these services, FedEx will provide enterprise end-user technical
expertise as the basis for end-state product offerings. These
deployments will provide low latency access to high density compute
from FedEx operational locations, helping to power the digital
innovations introduced by the company as FedEx transforms how data
and technology are used in the global supply chain.
This relationship also brings together aligned sustainability
visions for Dell Technologies, FedEx and Switch:
- By 2030, for every Dell Technologies product a customer buys,
Dell will reuse or recycle an equivalent product;
- FedEx's global citizenship initiative to decrease the company's
environmental footprint and achieve its corporate sustainability
goals;
- Switch's commitment to running its data center campus locations
and edge deployments with 100% clean energy.
"The increasing pace of business is creating a growing reliance
on near real-time connectivity to data that resides on the edge,"
said John Roese, global chief
technology officer, Dell Technologies. "In working with FedEx and
Switch, we can create a more local cloud-based environment,
offering customers faster access to their workloads and data for
greater flexibility and speed."
"As the size and scale of our network continue to increase, we
see more data processing moving to the edge to support the
automation and technology required to move more than 16 million
packages each day," said Rob Carter,
executive vice president and chief information officer, FedEx
Corporation and president and co-CEO, FedEx Services. "The access
to multi-cloud edge compute provided by this collaboration with
Dell and Switch will allow us to continue reimagining what is
possible from our unique position at the intersection of physical
and digital worlds."
"Offering enterprise-class data centers from the Primes to the
Prem, paired with Dell Technologies' products and services suite
and FedEx's world-class physical infrastructure footprint, creates
the technology platform that tomorrow's businesses will need," said
Rob Roy, CEO and founder, Switch.
"Teaming up with FedEx and Dell allows the three of us to create
and demonstrate how enterprise customers can maintain independent
control of their technology futures in the age of hybrid
multi-cloud."
About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies (NYSE:
DELL) helps organizations and individuals build their digital
future and transform how they work, live and play. The company
provides customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative
technology and services portfolio for the data era.
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX)
provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio
of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual
revenue of $71 billion, the company
offers integrated business solutions through operating companies
competing collectively, operating collaboratively and innovating
digitally under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked
among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx
inspires its more than 500,000 team members to remain focused on
safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the
needs of their customers and communities. To learn more about how
FedEx connects people and possibilities around the world, please
visit about.fedex.com.
About Switch
Switch, Inc. (NYSE: SWCH), is the
independent global leader in exascale data center ecosystems, edge
data center designs, industry-leading telecommunications solutions
and next-generation technology innovation. Switch Founder and CEO
Rob Roy has developed more than 500
issued and pending patent claims covering data center designs that
have manifested into the company's world-renowned data centers and
technology solutions.
We innovate to sustainably progress the digital foundation of
the connected world with a focus on enterprise-class and emerging
hybrid cloud solutions. The Switch PRIMES, located in Las Vegas and Tahoe
Reno, Nevada; Grand Rapids,
Michigan; and Atlanta,
Georgia are the world's most powerful exascale data center
campus ecosystems with low latency to major U.S. markets.
Visit switch.com for more information or follow us
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