Equinix Metal Shutdown: Why OVHcloud is Your Best Path Forward

Equinix’s announcement of the sunset of its Bare Metal platform in June 2026 has prompted customers to contemplate their next steps. For those who have relied on Equinix Metal for production workloads or development environments, this change presents challenges while also presenting an opportunity to reassess and evolve their infrastructure strategy.

Equinix Metal users are now faced with critical decisions beyond the platform’s discontinuation. Concerns about rising operational costs, inflexible configurations, and a lack of clarity regarding long-term support are valid. As organizations scale up or modernize their hybrid cloud environments, the need for a stable and future-ready Bare Metal provider becomes increasingly urgent.

As an Equinix Metal user, you’ll need a migration strategy that minimizes disruption and prepares your infrastructure for growth. With the right plan, you can smoothly and confidently move your workloads. Here’s a streamlined approach to consider:

•    Audit your infrastructure: Identify key workloads, required certifications and compliance, dependencies, and performance requirements.
•    Select a cloud provider: Review compute, storage, global reach, and automation capabilities.
•    Provision the new environment: Leverage APIs and tools like Terraform or Ansible for efficient setup.
•    Migrate incrementally: Employ backup tools, scripts, container transfers, or orchestration platforms to ensure near-zero downtime.

Many business executives are surprised to discover that comparable or even superior performance is available at a significantly lower cost. OVHcloud Bare Metal can offer superior value, with substantial savings compared to Equinix Metal’s pricing. Consider the substantial annual savings, especially when you factor in included services like DDoS protection and free bandwidth. The long-term value becomes even more compelling.

Seamless Interconnection with Equinix

As you consider migration, it’s worth mentioning that OVHcloud maintains a Network-to-Network Interconnection (NNI) with Equinix’s point of presence (PoP). This connection enables direct, private, and secure connectivity between your OVHcloud infrastructure and Equinix environments, making it an ideal choice for hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies.

•    Establish direct and secure connections between Equinix and OVHcloud
•    Boost performance with flexible port speeds from 200 Mbit/s to 5 Gbit/s
•    Simplify the digital ordering and provisioning process

This capability provides an efficient on-ramp to OVHcloud for existing Equinix customers, whether you’re optimizing for performance, data privacy, or operational control.

A Proven Partnership in Hybrid Cloud

Equinix, a key infrastructure partner for OVHcloud has allowed OVHcloud to deliver hybrid cloud services and managed hosting solutions for over a decade. Equinix’s global footprint and interconnection capabilities have been instrumental in this partnership. OVHcloud leverages this foundation to offer robust, secure, and multi-platform hybrid IT deployments with direct access to public, private, and hybrid cloud environments worldwide.. Together, we've focused on delivering hybrid cloud services and managed hosting solutions, leveraging Equinix’s global footprint and interconnection capabilities. OVHcloud uses this foundation to offer robust, secure, multi-platform hybrid IT deployments with direct access to public, private, and hybrid cloud environments around the world.

At OVHcloud, we firmly believe that Bare Metal infrastructure should be robust, dependable, and meticulously designed to accommodate your anticipated growth. We firmly believe that hidden fees or unexpected costs should never weigh down your infrastructure. One of our key advantages is the inclusion of bandwidth in our Bare Metal servers. Unlike other providers who impose high premiums for data transfer, OVHcloud offers generous outbound traffic allowances as part of your flat monthly price. This approach guarantees predictable billing, simplifying budgeting and eliminating the surprises that often arise at the end of the month as your traffic increases. 
In addition, OVHcloud Bare Metal delivers:

•    Flat-rate pricing with no hidden fees
•    Advanced DDoS protection included
•    Global data centers across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific for optimized performance and low latency
•    Native automation and open API support, with Terraform modules ready to streamline your deployments
•    Flexibility with no commitment (month-to-month) and open solution with no vendor lock-in, giving you full control over your infrastructure

Whether you're running latency-sensitive workloads, building hybrid architectures, or scaling global applications, OVHcloud empowers you with the right tools and transparent pricing to move confidently into the future. 

New Infrastructure, More Freedom

The transition away from Equinix Metal doesn’t have to be a complicated or costly endeavor. With the right partner, it can become a strategic move that fortifies your infrastructure for the long term.

At OVHcloud, we offer more than just servers. We provide the freedom to scale without incurring any penalties, the reliability to power your critical workloads, and the transparency to plan your future with confidence. Our commitment to flat pricing and free bandwidth isn’t a promotion; it’s the bedrock of our belief in how cloud infrastructure should function: simple, fair, and built around your needs.

Let’s build what’s next together:

Contact an OVHcloud Bare Metal specialist