Equinix plans to end Equinix Metal.

The company has stopped selling the bare-metal service, and will sunset the platform on June 30, 2026, it said in a previously unreported letter to customers.

"Although we will deprioritize new features, we will of course ensure the continued performance, security, and stability of the Metal product until it is sunset," Jon Lin, chief business officer and Mike Campbell, chief sales officer, said in the letter.

"For contracts ending after this eighteen-month period, your account team will work with you to assess alternative solutions and options.

"We recognize that this decision may be disruptive and may require an alternative solution for your workloads. We have activated our teams to work closely with you to identify the right path forward, including leveraging our colocation, managed-solutions offerings, or third-party options."

Equinix entered the bare metal game in 2020 with the acquisition of Packet for more than $100 million. It rebranded the business as Equinix Metal, and at the time said that "bare metal provides another alternative in addition to colocation for our customers," which would "facilitate the consumption of our core products and provide sources of value to our ecosystems."

Packet's CEO, Zac Smith, was put in charge of the division but left last year. Equinix last announced an update to Metal in May, when it added Dell PowerStore as a Storage-as-a-Service solution.

Earlier this year, Google Cloud executive Adaire Fox-Martin took over as Equinix's CEO. She has pushed for the company "to build fewer and larger campuses," she said in the company's latest earnings call.

She added: "Essentially, this means moving from many smaller builds with phased capacity delivery to fewer larger builds, balancing location with access to power on campuses that can service the full range of our customer’s needs from SMEs to hyperscalers."

In October, the company announced a $15 billion joint venture to fund new xScale data centers for wholesale hyperscaler use.

In the same earnings call, CFO Keith Taylor said that digital services represent just under eight percent of the company's revenues, with Metal 1.25 percent. A number of employees are believed to be at risk due to the service's closure.