How Colocation Facilities are Delivering Premium Fabric Experiences Without the Development Cost.

Deliver a premium fabric experience without the development costs. 

Executive Summary

Tenants expect hyperscaler-level connectivity: instant access to other tenants, sites, and multiple clouds, and features like self-service portals. But building that capability internally requires 12–18 months of development and a dedicated engineering team.

MaiaEdge enables colocation providers to create an automated private connectivity fabric across their facilities in minutes. Providers can deliver instant tenant-to-tenant interconnections, cloud on-ramps, and multi-site connectivity while maintaining end-to-end visibility and ownership of every tenant relationship.

The Challenge: On-Demand Expectations Meet Manual Processes

Tenants expect on-demand connectivity within facilities, across distributed sites, and to cloud on-ramps. Distributed AI is accelerating this demand as tenants require low-latency paths between GPU clusters for training and inference. However, traditional cross-connect processes weren't designed for this speed or flexibility, and building premium connectivity services in-house requires significant operational complexity and infrastructure investment that strains resources and delays time-to-market. 

MaiaEdge gives colocation providers a complete fabric-in-a-box solution that transforms data centers into automated interconnection hubs. Providers can instantly connect tenants within the same facility, across campuses, between data centers, to major clouds, and distributed services.

The MaiaEdge Solution: Instant Connectivity, Fully Automated

MaiaEdge seamlessly blends Layer 2 Ethernet and Layer 3 DIA connections, enabling data center operators to combine leased lines, dark fiber, and DIA within a unified fabric. API integrations with Equinix and Megaport enable direct cloud access to services like AWS and Azure as a seamless extension of the colocation provider’s network, no complex routing protocols required. Providers can federate with partner networks to expand service catalogues while maintaining operational sovereignty and end-to-end visibility across partner circuits. A built-in white-label dashboard lets providers offer tenants a branded self-service portal and end-to-end SLA transparency.

How it Works

The MaiaEdge solution combines an edge hardware device, the Path Border Controller (PBC), with an intelligent cloud-native orchestrator, the Path Computation Engine (PCE), to automate path creation across fragmented networks.

At each site, the compact 1RU PBC with dual 100G interfaces pairs with an optional integrated switch that fans out to up to 48 tenant cross-connect ports, delivering a complete turnkey solution. Ports remain inactive until assigned to a tenant in the PCE, ensuring security and control.

The cloud-based PCE continuously computes optimal paths across PBCs. When a tenant requests connectivity, the PCE automatically provisions the logical path with no manual VLAN configuration or routing protocols.

Native integrations with Equinix and Megaport enable automatic connectivity to AWS Direct Connect or Azure ExpressRoute. Providers can deliver cloud access as a seamless extension of their network, retain the invoice and customer relationship, and gain end-to-end visibility and SLA control across partner circuits and cloud on-ramps with hop-by-hop telemetry from customer site to the cloud.

Key Benefits

Automate Manual Cross-Connects

MaiaEdge eliminates ticketing backlogs and manual provisioning. After initial physical cross-connect, services activate instantly through the PCE. What used to require LOAs, meet-me room coordination, and manual configuration taking weeks now happens in minutes. Automation means existing staff can deliver more services faster.

Transform the Data Center into an Interconnection Hub

Colocation providers can enable near-instant tenant-to-tenant, tenant-to-cloud, and site-to-site connectivity, moving beyond space and power to recurring, high-value revenue streams. Providers can also meet growing demand from tenants running distributed AI training and inference.

Simplify Cloud Connectivity

Providers can deliver cloud access as a seamless extension of their network. Native API integrations with Equinix and Megaport enable direct connectivity to AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, and other major clouds, without routing complexity.

White-Label Portal

Providers can offer tenants a branded portal for self-service provisioning and hop-by-hop SLA transparency. Tenants can enter cloud profiles, purchase paths to cloud services, and track SLAs from site to cloud. Partner providers remain hidden from the customer view, so tenants only see the colocation provider's brand regardless of path traversal.

DCI Without Routing Complexity

Colocation providers can link their data centers and campuses with simplified data center interconnect (DCI). With MaiaEdge, providers can create a unified fabric across all locations, combining fiber and DIA seamlessly without complex routing infrastructure. Protocol-free forwarding prevents configuration drift and simplifies ongoing operations. Providers can add new sites to the fabric instantly without manual routing configuration or integration projects. 

Business Impact

MaiaEdge enables colocation providers to transform from offering basic cross-connects to delivering an on-demand private connectivity fabric. With MaiaEdge, colocation providers can simplify internal operations to offer near-instant interconnects, federate with partners to expand their service catalog, and deliver cloud access seamlessly from their network. End-to-end visibility across every path and tenant-level performance insights ensure providers can confidently deliver exceptional service quality. Colocation providers are delivering a hyperscaler-level tenant experience without the hyperscaler-level investment. 

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