Connecting globally distributed knowledge hubs on a safe, non-public infrastructure to accelerate seamless linked automobile companies (CCS) worldwide
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is deploying its devoted non-public cloud platform, HCloud, inside Equinix knowledge facilities globally to boost buyer expertise and enhance service high quality for its greater than 10 million linked automobile service subscribers.
HCloud is the Group’s proprietary cloud platform that was developed in response to the rising demand for real-time knowledge processing, seamless connectivity and scalable infrastructure, pushed by speedy developments in linked and autonomous autos.
The Group is leveraging Equinix Worldwide Enterprise Change™ (IBX®) knowledge facilities throughout Asia, the USA 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 automobile companies whereas making certain dependable connectivity, constant service protection and lowered latency.
Hyundai Motor Group is a worldwide enterprise that includes the mobility manufacturers—Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis. The Group’s CCS offers in-car infotainment and cellular purposes by way of wi-fi networks. Since its launch in 2003, the Group has acquired over 10 million world CCS subscribers as of 2023 and is aiming to succeed in 20 million by 2026. To proceed the progress, it’s making vital investments in the event and enlargement of HCloud to ship enhanced in-car companies, together with a customized driving expertise.
As 95% of latest autos are anticipated to be linked by 2030,[1] the Group acknowledged the necessity for distributed knowledge processing and proximity to cloud and community ecosystems to make sure a superb person expertise. This led to the deployment of the HCloud in Equinix IBX knowledge facilities in Seoul, Los Angeles and Frankfurt, strategically chosen for his or her world attain, provider 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 strong efficiency and scalability.
Via its deployment at Equinix, the Group has enhanced app responsiveness and improved the standard of its distant companies. The collaboration helps the corporate’s transition to software-defined autos (SDVs) and lays the inspiration for smarter, safer and extra linked mobility options.
Supporting Quotes
- Youngjoo Han, Vice President and Head of IT Infra Middle, Hyundai Motor Group
“By leveraging Equinix’s world knowledge facilities, we’re offering high-quality linked automobile service and enhancing person expertise by lowered latency, steady world connectivity and enhanced scalability of our HCloud platform. The partnership with Equinix is taking us a step nearer to turning into the worldwide chief in linked automobile companies. We sit up for persevering with this journey with Equinix to maintain the momentum of our rising linked automobile ecosystem worldwide.”
- Chris Jang, Managing Director, Equinix Korea
“The way forward for the automotive business lies in linked automobiles. Via a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, auto producers can reap the benefits of cloud companies whereas sustaining the pliability to decide on between safe, devoted colocation infrastructure and extremely scalable cloud companies for every workload they help. Equinix, with its world footprint, gives not solely the required infrastructure but in addition an interconnected digital ecosystem and network-dense infrastructure. This may allow Korean corporations, together with Hyundai Motor, to speed up their digital transformation and optimize the client expertise.”
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