Connecting globally distributed information hubs on a safe, non-public infrastructure to accelerate seamless linked automotive providers (CCS) worldwide
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is deploying its devoted non-public cloud platform, HCloud, inside Equinix information facilities globally to reinforce buyer expertise and enhance service high quality for its greater than 10 million linked automotive service subscribers.
HCloud is the Group’s proprietary cloud platform that was developed in response to the rising demand for real-time information processing, seamless connectivity and scalable infrastructure, pushed by fast developments in linked and autonomous automobiles.
The Group is leveraging Equinix Worldwide Enterprise Trade™ (IBX®) information facilities throughout Asia, the US and Europe, in addition to Equinix Material®, to interconnect HCloud to a number of public cloud suppliers, together with Amazon Internet Providers (AWS). This hybrid multicloud structure accelerates the worldwide rollout of linked automotive providers whereas guaranteeing dependable connectivity, constant service protection and decreased latency.
Hyundai Motor Group is a world enterprise that includes the mobility manufacturers—Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis. The Group’s CCS offers in-car infotainment and cell functions by way of wi-fi networks. Since its launch in 2003, the Group has acquired over 10 million international CCS subscribers as of 2023 and is aiming to achieve 20 million by 2026. To proceed the progress, it’s making vital investments in the event and growth of HCloud to ship enhanced in-car providers, together with a personalised driving expertise.
As 95% of recent automobiles are anticipated to be linked by 2030,[1] the Group acknowledged the necessity for distributed information processing and proximity to cloud and community ecosystems to make sure a superb consumer expertise. This led to the deployment of the HCloud in Equinix IBX information facilities in Seoul, Los Angeles and Frankfurt, strategically chosen for his or her international attain, service density and excessive operational requirements backed by service-level agreements (SLAs). Equinix’s proximity to main cloud and community suppliers will allow the Group to attach with key companions, whereas supporting sturdy efficiency and scalability.
By its deployment at Equinix, the Group has enhanced app responsiveness and improved the standard of its distant providers. The collaboration helps the corporate’s transition to software-defined automobiles (SDVs) and lays the muse for smarter, safer and extra linked mobility options.
Supporting Quotes
- Youngjoo Han, Vice President and Head of IT Infra Heart, Hyundai Motor Group
“By leveraging Equinix’s international information facilities, we’re offering high-quality linked automotive service and bettering consumer expertise by way of decreased latency, secure international connectivity and enhanced scalability of our HCloud platform. The partnership with Equinix is taking us a step nearer to changing into the worldwide chief in linked automotive providers. We look ahead to persevering with this journey with Equinix to maintain the momentum of our rising linked automotive ecosystem worldwide.”
- Chris Jang, Managing Director, Equinix Korea
“The way forward for the automotive trade lies in linked vehicles. By a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, auto producers can reap the benefits of cloud providers whereas sustaining the flexibleness to decide on between safe, devoted colocation infrastructure and extremely scalable cloud providers for every workload they assist. Equinix, with its international footprint, affords not solely the mandatory infrastructure but additionally an interconnected digital ecosystem and network-dense infrastructure. This will allow Korean firms, together with Hyundai Motor, to speed up their digital transformation and optimize the client expertise.”
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