Case Study: Global Utilities Service Provider achieves 300% ROI and 42% latency reduction with Equinix

Global Utilities Service Provider - Customer Case Study

A leading multinational manufacturer and service provider in the oil, gas and power sectors with over 10,000 employees needed to replace a fragmented IT landscape of multiple mini data centers and an MPLS network. The company sought a global private‑cloud architecture to enable seamless collaboration, protect sensitive information, support a recent SAP rollout and achieve these goals cost‑effectively without disrupting operations.

They chose Equinix’s Platform Equinix (IBX data centers, Data Hub, Performance Hub and Cloud Exchange) and a global Layer‑2 Ethernet design engineered with NEF, gaining carrier‑agnostic connectivity and direct private links to Microsoft Azure. The deployment improved application performance, cut latency by 42% and—per a Forrester TEI analysis—delivered a 300% ROI, $17.3M NPV and a 4.2‑month payback, while enabling cost savings, standardization and greater operational flexibility.