A strategic partnership with Datang Telecom Group marks important milestone in Equinix's commitment to the China market.
Equinix, Inc. has announced a strategic partnership with Datang Telecom Group in China. As a part of the partnership, Datang Telecom, which currently holds a cross regional Internet Data Center (IDC) license in Beijing and Shanghai, will become the service delivery partner for Equinix in China enabling Equinix to expand further into the growing domestic enterprise market. On behalf of Equinix, Datang will offer Equinix customers in China a broad range of interconnection services, including Equinix Cloud Exchange, that leverage Equinix's years of operational expertise and experience in delivering data center services around the world.
This partnership comes as Equinix continues to extend the reach of its global platform to 145 data centers. The company continues to play a central role in advancing the digital economy's interconnected era, in which businesses are demanding increasing levels of interconnection to accelerate business performance.