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home equinix product documentation skip to main content docs english english 日本語 português brasil español 简体中文 français canadien français equinix metal metal shutdown faq identity and access management billing locations projects hardware deployment options server metadata operating systems networking bgp layer 2 networking interconnections storage recovery cli and libraries the metal api more resources equinix metal on this page equinix metal warning equinix metal was sunset on june 30 2026 the user documentation will be removed on september 30 2026 the equinix metal service was sunset on june 30 2026 if you have questions refer to the metal shutdown faq page or contact your account team end of life timeline date event details november 7 2024 announcement announce end of sale and end of life to existing metal customers june 30 2026 final day of service june 30 2026 was the last day to access metal instances all workload migrations must be completed by 11 59 pm pdt july 1 2026 all resources removed you will no longer have access to metal instances additionally all metal owners will be assigned the billing role that only allows for modifying payment methods and downloading invoices users with a collaborator role will be removed from the organization creation of new resources via the console or api is no longer be permitted a final billing run will be completed for services consumed in june 2026 invoices will be issued shortly thereafter january 1 2027 console access removed the equinix metal console will be taken offline ensure all invoices are downloaded before january 1 2027 metal end of sale updates further on demand restrictions updated on february 23 2026 on may 4 2026 new on demand server provisioning will be restricted in all metros except silicon valley dallas washington dc frankfurt and singapore both reserved servers and existing on demand deployments are not affected on demand restrictions updated on january 6 2026 on march 1 2026 new on demand server provisioning will be restricted in the following metros dublin helsinki hong kong madrid manchester melbourne mexico city miami milan montreal mumbai são paulo seoul stockholm sydney and toronto both reserved servers and existing on demand deployments are not affected retiring spot market as of april 1 2025 equinix metal has decided to retire the spot market service on june 20 2025 it is recommended that customers instead use on demand servers for their workload retiring ubuntu 20 04 as of april 1 2025 to align with canonical s eol date of may 31 2025 equinix metal will be retiring ubuntu 20 04 existing servers running this operating system will not be affected however it is recommended that they upgrade to ubuntu 22 04 or 24 04 ending live chat as of march 21 2025 the live chat feature in the metal console is no longer available to contact support submit a ticket through the console and our staff will contact you retiring vyos nutanix and rhel as of january 10 2025 equinix metal will retire the vyos nutanix and red hat enterprise linux 8 and 9 operating systems on march 5 2025 users with no active instances of these operating systems will no longer see the option to choose them when deploying a new server existing servers running these operating systems will be unaffected organizations with a running instance of these operating systems will still be able to deploy them but we will no longer be making updates to our images sunsetting load balancers as of january 10 2025 load balancers are no longer generally available deploying and managing load balancers is only available to projects and organizations that already have a load balancer deployed if you currently have a load balancer it will continue to function without disruption stopping storage appliance requests as of january 5 2025 equinix metal is no longer accepting orders for new storage appliances there will be no changes to the service or support of existing reservations customers with storage appliances can contact sales to expand their capacity if needed retiring alma linux alpine linux flatcar linux and freebsd on january 5 2025 equinix metal will retire the alma linux alpine linux flatcar linux and freebsd operating systems users with no active instances of these operating systems will no longer see the option to choose them when deploying a new server existing servers running these operating systems will be unaffected was this page helpful yes no next metal shutdown faq end of life timeline metal end of sale updates further on demand restrictions on demand restrictions retiring spot market retiring ubuntu 20 04 ending live chat retiring vyos nutanix and rhel sunsetting load balancers stopping storage appliance requests retiring alma linux alpine linux flatcar linux and freebsd was this page helpful yes no company about community terms of use follow us linkedin youtube copyright 2026 equinix inc