The company will open the facilities on four different continents and invest $227 million to increase interconnection capacity in some of the world's most vital economic centers.
Equinix has announced that it will open five new International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers on four continents to create more capacity for global companies to connect to their partners, customers, and employees. By providing this capacity, Equinix is playing a major role in advancing the digital economy's interconnected era, in which businesses are demanding increasing levels of interconnection to accelerate business performance.
"Equinix is the global interconnection platform for the world's leading businesses. Our rich history of interconnection, built over the last 16 years, makes us the ideal place for business to connect, and we believe that these five new data centers will provide even more ways for global businesses to innovate," said Steve Smith, president and CEO, Equinix.