NOL8 AI Data Plane goes live on Equinix Fabric
FortifAI Limited (ASX: FTI) has announced that its NOL8 AI Data Plane is now available through Equinix Fabric, extending the product’s reach across Equinix Connected Cloud, the neutral digital infrastructure for enterprise interconnection. Equinix Fabric spans more than 60 metros globally, placing NOL8 directly in front of thousands of enterprise customers already operating on the network. The listing is positioned as a channel strategy milestone, enabling enterprise AI buyers to access NOL8’s data control layer through the infrastructure they already use, without requiring new hardware or per-site deployment. Joint proof-of-concept engagements are now open to select customers, with general availability planned later in 2026.
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What the Equinix Fabric partnership means in practice
Path plus payload — two problems, one connection
Equinix Fabric provides private, software-defined connectivity across distributed infrastructure. Its Geo Zones feature uses predefined geographic boundaries to help keep traffic on approved paths during normal operations, congestion, or failover.
NOL8 AI Data Plane operates at a different layer: it enforces every byte of data moving into and out of AI systems, with a constant 5ms latency at its engine and no additional hardware required. Together, the two products address distinct but complementary problems — Equinix Fabric controls the path data takes, while NOL8 controls what data is permitted to enter and exit that path.
In testing on third-party systems previously published to the ASX, NOL8 returned byte-identical outputs from a distributed private network spanning Virginia, Tokyo, and Sydney.
NOL8 global network testing across Virginia, Tokyo, and Sydney delivered 34 TB/day of governed data, more than 10X the throughput of legacy benchmark software, with governance outputs remaining byte-identical at every site as policy complexity grew 400%.
Why this matters for enterprise AI adoption
Organisations wishing to use AI with sensitive data face a persistent challenge: they cannot readily verify where that data went or what was in it once it travels a third-party path. The Equinix Fabric listing is designed to address both concerns on a single private connection, with data inspected on ingress, enforced on egress, and recorded throughout.
NOL8 AI Data Plane also complements the Equinix Distributed AI Hub, Equinix’s framework for connecting and securing distributed AI across its 280 locations globally. In its next phase, NOL8 is planned to bookend the Hub, helping enterprises inspect and enforce policies on data moving into and out of distributed AI environments.
Kelly Herrell, Chief Executive Officer, FortifAI Limited
“Every enterprise we speak to has the same two questions about AI data on a third-party path: where did it go, and what was in it. Equinix already answers the first, privately, for thousands of customers on Fabric. Listing our AI Data Plane means the second is answered on the same private connection: inspected on the way in, enforced on the way out, and recorded without installing additional hardware. That is how the NOL8 AI Data Plane brings deterministic AI data control to the enterprise: on the private paths its data already moves on.”
Channel strategy and the road to general availability
The Equinix Fabric listing reflects NOL8’s deliberate channel strategy: embedding the product inside the infrastructure ecosystems enterprise buyers already operate within, rather than requiring direct point-to-point sales. Key commercial and technical attributes of the listing include:
The Megaport AI Exchange listing earlier in 2026 followed the same channel logic, placing NOL8 inside Megaport’s four-part AI infrastructure stack across more than 1,100 data centres, with proof-of-concept deployments measuring GPU utilisation and revenue-per-GPU-hour on live customer workloads.
- Available across Equinix Connected Cloud, Equinix’s neutral AI exchange
- Reachable from any of 60+ metros over existing Fabric connections
- No per-site deployment required — workloads in hyperscalers, NeoClouds, or customer infrastructure can connect directly
- Joint proof-of-concept engagements now open to select customers
- General availability planned later in 2026
Interested customers can contact the NOL8 account team directly, signalling active pipeline development is under way.
| Feature | What It Does | NOL8’s Role | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinix Fabric | Private software-defined connectivity | Data inspection and enforcement layer | Live |
| Geo Zones | Geographic traffic boundaries | Enforces data entering/exiting AI | Supported |
| Distributed AI Hub | Framework for distributed AI | NOL8 bookends data control | Next phase |
| Proof-of-Concept Programme | Select customer engagements | Joint with Equinix Fabric | Open now |
| General Availability | Broad customer access | Full AI Data Plane deployment | Later 2026 |
Investment significance — distribution at interconnection scale
The Equinix Fabric listing represents a distribution milestone for NOL8, not a revenue event. No contract or financial outcome has been secured at this stage. The significance lies in the channel: reaching thousands of enterprises already on Equinix’s neutral exchange through an existing infrastructure relationship removes meaningful friction from the buyer’s path to adoption, compared with direct enterprise sales efforts.
Proof-of-concept engagements represent the logical commercial precursor to contracted deployments, and investors should note the expected pipeline sequence — listing, proof-of-concept, general availability, and then commercial contracts. FortifAI Limited (ASX: FTI) is an ASX-listed technology company focused on artificial intelligence and advanced computing through its subsidiary NOL8.
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