Equinix to Launch Eight-Story Amsterdam Data Center Next Month
Phase 1 capacity is 1,550 cabinets; full-build-out capacity expected to be 4,200 cabinetsThe first phase of Equinix's $190 million, eight-floor data center in Amsterdam Science Park (AM4)—a key...
View ArticleEquinix Positioning for “Next Wave” of Cloud Data Center Deployments
As the data center expansion frenzy by the largest cloud providers in top markets becomes less of a frenzy and more of an incremental growth story, Equinix is positioning itself to capture the next...
View ArticleEquinix Lands Latest SaaS Giant Partnership: SAP
Equinix this week announced partnerships with two very different cloud service providers.One is with the German enterprise software giant SAP, whose Customer Relationship Management (CRM) cloud...
View ArticleEquinix Makes Big Bet on Fuel Cell-Powered Data Centers
Two years after it did a pilot fuel-cell installation at one of its Silicon Valley data centers, Equinix is making a big bet on the technology, which uses a chemical process to convert natural gas to...
View ArticleEquinix: Private Data Exchange is Outpacing Internet’s Growth
Total bandwidth on the private links companies use to interconnect their networks directly is growing faster than total bandwidth of the public internet and three years from now will outpace growth of...
View ArticleAs Irma Heads for Florida, One Miami Data Center is Especially Critical
While an outage is far from given, its effects would ripple far beyond cities in the hurricane’s path.While data center providers in Houston weathered Hurricane Harvey and subsequent flooding without...
View ArticleWhy Equinix is Buying the Spanish Data Center Firm Itconic
For $295 million, Equinix adds new edge markets, gets access to lots of Europe-West Africa bandwidth, and more.Equinix has struck a deal to acquire Itconic, an Alcobendas, Spain-based data center...
View ArticleExperts Dispute VC’s Forecast that Caused Data Center Stocks to Slump
Little evidence behind prediction of data center providers’ demise brought about by progress in chip techThe stocks of all seven US data center REITs (there are now six, following a merger that closed...
View ArticleEquinix Buys Data Center in Istanbul, a ‘Strategic Gateway’
Zenium site has potential to grow into 22MW data center campusEquinix has substantially expanded its presence in Istanbul, acquiring a data center and buildings for expansion from the British data...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud Makes Direct Connection Service Faster, Inks Equinix Deal to...
Google Cloud Dedicated Interconnect service is now available in more locations with improved start to finish performance.Google's cloud services team has made improvements to the way traffic of...
View ArticleEquinix Wants to Do to Data Center Connectivity What AWS Did to Computing
New Cloud Exchange Fabric uses SDN to shrink interconnection lead times from months to minutesEquinix has created an empire by building data center hubs where companies can interconnect their networks...
View ArticleEquinix Agrees to Buy Metronode, Signals to Cloud Giants Expanding in Australia
Already a dominant player in Australia, Equinix will now expand in Sydney and Melbourne and enter new markets.Equinix has agreed to buy Metronode, one of the largest data center providers in Australia,...
View ArticleEquinix to Build More Owned Data Centers with “Nodes” for Cloud Giants
DCK Investor Edge: Equinix CEO Steve Smith this week fleshed out the company’s strategy for riding the next wave of data center expansion by the dozen largest hyper-scale platforms, which includes...
View ArticleEquinix CEO Resigns After Mishandling “Employee Matter”
Company says resignation not due to poor financial performanceSteve Smith, who has been CEO of Equinix for the last 11 years, resigned abruptly after mishandling an employee matter, the company...
View ArticleEquinix Buys Infomart Dallas Building for $800M
Takes over ownership of another key southern US interconnection hubEquinix has acquired the Infomart Dallas, the iconic carrier hotel that serves as the primary interconnection hub for networks in the...
View ArticleEquinix Power Outage One Reason Behind AWS Cloud Disruption
Facility went down after nor’easter knocked out utility power in the region*Updated 03/08 with comments from CoreSiteA power outage at an Equinix data center is at least partially to blame for...
View ArticleEquinix Pitches Single System for All Your Cloud Encryption Keys
Colo provider first to market among peers with encryption service based on Intel’s cutting-edge SGX tech.Enterprise customers and service providers running hybrid cloud environments -- some in Equinix...
View ArticleEx-Digital Realty CTO Jim Smith to Lead Equinix’s Hyperscale Play
Wholesale data center business veteran joins newly formed Hyperscale Infrastructure TeamEquinix has hired former Digital Realty CTO Jim Smith to lead its new effort to sign large data center leases...
View ArticleEquinix Shares – a Falling Knife or a Coiled Spring?
DCK Investor Edge: The company’s recent M&A binge has made for a rough year for its shareholders, but there’s now a lot of potential for future growth.It’s been a tough year for Equinix...
View ArticleEquinix Lays Out Its Strategy for Global Dominance
Equinix executives laid out their strategy for global dominance in a recent Analyst Day presentation• Two themes emerged from Analyst Day: a global interconnection fabric and a balance sheet that can...
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