INFRASTRUCTURE
Global Fabric
An end-to-end programmable platform, connecting you seamlessly to the cloud and bridging the gap between public and private clouds. When you're connected to Global Fabric, you're connected to everything.
OVERVIEW
A cloud-centric era
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, organisations are increasingly shifting towards a cloud-first strategy. However, traditional site-to-site network architectures were not designed to seamlessly integrate with multi-cloud or multi-edge ecosystems. In many cases, the network is the bottleneck preventing organisations from achieving their cloud-first aspirations.
Global organisations and IT leaders know what they are looking for:*
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require self-service on-demand connectivity
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say sustainability important to their IT strategy
Global Fabric: An evolutionary leap in networks
We’ve invested our expertise and resources into driving a transformational shift in networking. The result is Global Fabric.
- a fully programmable, transformational platform
- covering 92% of our customers' network location needs
- optimised global footprint combined with our best available internet and private networks
- end-to-end SLA-backed robust connectivity.
WHY CHOOSE BT?
Why choose Global Fabric with BT?
At BT, we’re making a substantial investment in developing technology that will be more responsible and sustainable.**
Global reach and scale
We serve customers in over 180 countries, with access to over 700 data centres, satisfying their data and application requirements from a performance, security and regulatory perspective
Resilient performance
Our resilient, high bandwidth, global core network, has a dense metro PoP architecture to maintain network performance even under failure
Greater TCO control
There’s no contract lock and a PAYG model, so bandwidth and costs can be managed according to your business needs, and network designs optimised to avoid egress bill shock
Digital connectivity control
We provide choice, flexibility and control, from DIY to fully managed, with real time in-life performance visibility
Outstanding security
We have the breadth and experience of capability to secure how our customers use the multi-cloud, with no compromise on performance
Pre-integrated ecosystem
With our extensive hyperscaler partnerships and peering agreements, we help you simplify your supply chain and network management
Want to know more? Connect with our team
Matt Swinden
Director, Global Digital Connectivity
Matt's responsible for our digital connectivity portfolio.
Adrian Comley
Senior Manager Managed Network Services, BT
Adrian is responsible for product development of our managed network services.
Colin Bannon
Chief Technology Officer, Business
Colin Bannon is responsible for defining our technology vision for our customers – aligned with our strategy.
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*BT and Microsoft joint infrastructure research 2022
**Sustainability
BT estimates that when fully rolled out, Global Fabric will use 79 per cent less electricity than its current global networks. Using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol ICT Sector Guidance by Gesi, BT has generated the following estimates: In use, Global Fabric will consume 8,326 MWh/year versus its existing international networks at 39,890 MWh/year — a 79 per cent reduction. Use stage gross carbon, including PUE will be 2,964 tonCO2e/year for Global Fabric versus 13,596 tonCO2e/year for BT’s existing international networks — a 78 per cent reduction. Global Fabric’s embodied emissions will be 363 tonCO2e/year versus its existing international networks 2,185 tonCO2e/year — an 83 per cent reduction. This gives a total carbon in use plus embodied carbon figure of 3,327 for Global Fabric versus its existing international networks at 15,781 tonCO2e/year — a 78 per cent reduction. BT estimates the average power consumption of Global Fabric will be 787 Watts per device, versus 2,201 Watts per device for its existing international networks. Moreover, Global Fabric will be built using 1,326 devices versus 1,571 devices — a 16 per cent reduction.