en.Wedoany.com Reported - Megaport has launched a storage product, completing the compute, networking, and storage trio the company has been building since its acquisition of bare metal provider Latitude.sh last November.
The Brisbane, Australia-based infrastructure company said the new storage offering provides enterprises with a unified automation platform covering the three pillars of IT infrastructure, with no egress fees and connection speeds up to 100 Gb/s (100G).
Megaport CEO Michael Reid said that by directly aligning storage needs with workload requirements on the global ecosystem, the product combines the performance of dedicated infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility customers expect from the cloud. Late last year, Megaport acquired Latitude, integrating its core Network as a Service (NaaS) offering with the Brazilian provider's automated compute platform to form a quasi-bare metal new cloud, operating in data center facilities with little to no on-site staff. The latest update completes the trio, and Megaport aims to break the egress fees charged by traditional players for accessing or moving data. Megaport Storage leverages the company's existing backbone and direct high-speed connections, which the company says is ideal for AI workloads, allowing users to feed large training datasets directly into bare metal GPUs at line speed.
Reid added that as demand for AI, edge computing, and high-performance workloads accelerates, Megaport is evolving into a unified platform that gives customers instant access to scalable global infrastructure. This enables new use cases, including storage and backup strategies that enhance network resilience, while setting a new standard for sovereign infrastructure. Latitude currently operates in 24 locations across 10 countries, with approximately 80 employees globally. Reid believes that amid the growing tech talent shortage, this staffing model is the only realistic way to meet the demands of large-scale AI infrastructure. In a conversation with SDxCentral about unmanned sites, the CEO said no employees are on-site at any time, unless a failure or server offline issue requires a replacement. To further enhance the platform, Megaport last month launched a built-in security tool that allows customers to filter potentially malicious network traffic.
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