Equinix has launched a global network of production-ready innovation centres to help enterprises test and deploy high-density, liquid-cooled AI infrastructure before committing to full-scale deployments.

Called Equinix Enhanced Performance Innovation Centers (EPIC), the facilities are live in Frankfurt, London, Osaka, Paris, and Sydney, with more expected in 2027.

Each sits inside a live Equinix data centre that allows customers to trial liquid-cooled GPU and CPU platforms, and run AI training and inference workloads under real operating conditions.

Rising GPU rack densities have made liquid cooling increasingly critical for AI deployments, but many enterprises lack the expertise to align cooling, power, networking and facility operations.

EPIC is designed to reduce that risk by letting enterprises identify technical and operational issues before production.

“EPIC provides businesses with a place to test, validate and build with confidence before they commit to large-scale deployments,” said Brian Stein, Senior Vice President of Infrastructure Products and Services at Equinix.

“We’re putting our global infrastructure footprint and unmatched ecosystem to work to accelerate the path from concept to production for our customers,” he added.

EPIC customers can work with Equinix and its ecosystem of technology partners and original equipment manufacturers to assess complete liquid-cooling stacks in field conditions.

The programme builds on Equinix’s Co-Innovation Facility, launched in 2022, and Solution Validation Centers, introduced in 2024.