Connecting globally distributed knowledge 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 knowledge facilities globally to boost 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 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 US and Europe, in addition to Equinix Cloth®, to interconnect HCloud to a number of public cloud suppliers, together with Amazon Internet Companies (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 worldwide enterprise that contains the mobility manufacturers—Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis. The Group’s CCS offers in-car infotainment and cellular functions through 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 achieve 20 million by 2026. To proceed the development, it’s making vital investments in the event and enlargement of HCloud to ship enhanced in-car providers, together with a customized driving expertise.
As 95% of recent 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 providers. The collaboration helps the corporate’s transition to software-defined autos (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 world knowledge facilities, we’re offering high-quality linked automotive service and enhancing person expertise by means of decreased 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 automotive providers. We stay up for 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. Via a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, auto producers can reap the benefits of cloud providers whereas sustaining the pliability to decide on between safe, devoted colocation infrastructure and extremely scalable cloud providers for every workload they assist. Equinix, with its world footprint, affords not solely the mandatory infrastructure but in addition 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 shopper expertise.”
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