Last September, I shared the news that Equinix was a platform partner for the launch of Amazon EKS Anywhere. This launch made the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Kubernetes service available for the first time on any infrastructure outside of the cloud, including on-premises deployment options such as virtual machines (VMs). Initially, EKS Anywhere supported the use of hypervisors for running production workloads. Fast-forward to today: EKS Anywhere is now available directly on Equinix Metal™, our automated Bare Metal as a Service offering, without the complexity, overhead and licensing costs of a hypervisor layer. EKS Anywhere is provided via free, open-source…

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