Megaport has launched Megaport Storage, adding storage to its existing compute and network services.
The move expands Megaport's platform to cover the three main elements of IT infrastructure in a single offering. Customers can now buy compute, connectivity and storage from one provider instead of stitching them together across separate suppliers.
The new service is aimed at organisations running data-heavy workloads that need dedicated infrastructure and more predictable billing. Megaport is positioning it for businesses that want block, file and object storage linked directly to its Megaport Network and Latitude.sh compute platform.
The launch reflects a broader push by infrastructure providers to offer more integrated stacks as customers seek tighter control over data location, performance and cost. Demand from artificial intelligence projects, backup systems and distributed applications has increased pressure on companies to move large volumes of data between servers, storage and networks without relying on the public internet.
Cost pressure
One issue Megaport is targeting is the cost of moving data out of cloud environments. Egress fees have become a frequent complaint among enterprises with large datasets, particularly when they need to transfer information between regions, recover backups or feed data into compute environments.
Megaport said its storage service uses the same dedicated backbone as its network and compute products, which it says will help customers avoid internet bottlenecks and reduce unpredictable charges. The service is available in on-demand storage tiers aligned to different performance and pricing needs, alongside zero egress fees.
The company highlighted use cases including backup and recovery, direct data access, artificial intelligence data pipelines and shared storage for bare-metal environments. It said the service includes connectivity of up to 100G for backup and recovery scenarios, with the aim of reducing the time needed to restore large datasets.
Platform strategy
Megaport is presenting storage as part of a broader effort to become a more unified infrastructure platform. That strategy builds on its network footprint, which spans more than 1,100 enabled locations worldwide through relationships with data centres, service providers and systems integrators.
By adding storage to networking and compute, Megaport is seeking a larger role in customer infrastructure decisions at a time when enterprises are reviewing where critical workloads should run. Questions around cyber resilience, data sovereignty and the location of backup copies have become more prominent as organisations spread applications across multiple sites and cloud environments.
The service is intended to support storage and backup strategies that strengthen cyber resilience and meet sovereign infrastructure requirements. Customers will also be able to orchestrate storage, compute and connectivity through one ecosystem for global deployment and management.
Michael Reid, Chief Executive Officer of Megaport, outlined the company's position in comments accompanying the launch.
"With the launch of Megaport Storage, we're not just connecting your cloud anymore; we're providing the foundation for it," said Michael Reid, Chief Executive Officer of Megaport. "By aligning storage needs directly with workload requirements on our global ecosystem, we're combining the performance of dedicated infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility customers expect from the cloud. As demand accelerates for AI, edge computing, and high-performance workloads, Megaport is evolving into a unified platform that gives customers instant access to scalable global infrastructure. This enables new use cases, including storage and backup strategies that strengthen cyber resilience, while setting a new standard for sovereign infrastructure."
The introduction of storage also brings Megaport into closer competition with infrastructure suppliers that bundle networking, compute and data services into a single commercial model. While public cloud groups have long offered integrated stacks, specialist providers have increasingly sought to differentiate themselves with dedicated infrastructure, direct interconnection and simpler pricing.
For customers, the appeal often lies in avoiding fragmented operations across different platforms. Storage in particular can become a bottleneck when data must move frequently between workloads, or when retrieval and transfer charges make costs harder to forecast.
Megaport said its pricing model is based on monthly terabyte charges and excludes egress, API and retrieval fees. That approach is likely to resonate with businesses handling large datasets for machine learning, high-availability systems or backup environments, where storage economics can materially affect infrastructure design.
The company also pointed to direct access to data paths as part of its cyber resilience case, arguing that dedicated routes can help reduce downtime for critical services. Shared storage for bare-metal compute was another focus, with Megaport saying this can support failover and availability in environments that need more resilience than standalone servers typically provide.
Megaport's network is certified to ISO/IEC 27001, and the company has built its market position around software-defined private connectivity between enterprise sites, cloud services and data centre environments. The addition of storage signals a move beyond interconnection into a broader infrastructure supply role for customers with globally distributed workloads.
Customers can deploy and manage storage alongside compute and connectivity through the same platform, with support for block, file and object formats.