Connecting globally distributed information hubs on a safe, non-public infrastructure to accelerate seamless linked automobile providers (CCS) worldwide
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is deploying its devoted non-public cloud platform, HCloud, inside Equinix information 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 information processing, seamless connectivity and scalable infrastructure, pushed by fast developments in linked and autonomous autos.
The Group is leveraging Equinix Worldwide Enterprise Alternate™ (IBX®) information facilities throughout Asia, america and Europe, in addition to Equinix Cloth®, to interconnect HCloud to a number of public cloud suppliers, together with Amazon Net Providers (AWS). This hybrid multicloud structure accelerates the worldwide rollout of linked automobile providers whereas making certain 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 cell purposes 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 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 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, 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 sturdy efficiency and scalability.
By way of 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 Middle, Hyundai Motor Group
“By leveraging Equinix’s international information facilities, we’re offering high-quality linked automobile service and enhancing consumer expertise by decreased latency, secure international 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 providers. We stay 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. By way of a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, auto producers can benefit from 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, gives 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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