New phase will nearly double the total capacity to meet customer demand for data center colocation.
Equinix, Inc. has announced it is expanding its Rio de Janeiro data center known as RJ2. This new phase of expansion is scheduled to open in Q3 of this year and will enable Equinix to continue to meet strong customer demand for data center and interconnection services in this rapidly growing region.
"International demand is increasing since Equinix fully acquired Alog last year. Many companies that are already customers in other regions are looking to move into the Brazil market utilizing our global platform – Platform Equinix. As a result, we are accelerating local investments in order to meet this international and regional demand. We already have 72 customers installed in the 320 cabinets of the first phase. The expansion will nearly double capacity – and we expect to keep up with this accelerated pace," said Eduardo Carvalho, managing director, Equinix Brazil.