# Equinix

> Equinix is a global digital infrastructure company that designs, builds and operates carrier-neutral colocation data centers - its International Business Exchange (IBX) centers - where enterprises, cloud providers, networks and financial institutions place equipment and interconnect directly with one another. Founded in 1998 on the principle of neutrality, Equinix has grown into the world's largest data center and interconnection platform, operating a programmable network of more than 270 data centers across roughly 75+ markets in 30+ countries. Structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT) since 2015, the company pairs physical colocation with software-defined services such as Equinix Fabric, Metal and Network Edge, positioning itself as the meeting place for hybrid multicloud and, increasingly, distributed AI workloads.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, California, United States
- **Founders:** Al Avery (Co-Founder), Jay Adelson (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~14,000 employees (company-reported headcount varies; ~13,000-14,000)
- **Products:** IBX Colocation, Equinix Fabric, Equinix Metal, Network Edge, xScale Data Centers
- **Notable:** Grew from a single Ashburn, Virginia data center in 1999 to the world's largest colocation and interconnection platform with 270+ data centers., Operates a programmable global network spanning roughly 75+ markets in 30+ countries., Serves more than 10,000 customers, including the majority of the Fortune 500.

## Products & services

- **IBX Colocation** — Carrier-neutral International Business Exchange data centers offering secure, climate-controlled space, power and cooling for customer servers, storage and network gear across 70+ markets.
- **Equinix Fabric** — Software-defined interconnection service that lets customers spin up private, on-demand virtual connections between their own infrastructure, clouds, networks and partners - including Fabric Cloud Router for cloud-to-cloud routing.
- **Equinix Metal** — Automated, on-demand bare-metal-as-a-service that provisions dedicated physical servers globally in minutes (originating from the 2020 Packet acquisition).
- **Network Edge** — Virtual network services that let customers deploy firewalls, routers, SD-WAN and other network functions from leading vendors in minutes, without shipping hardware.
- **xScale Data Centers** — Hyperscale-focused data centers built through joint ventures for the largest cloud and AI operators, each with hundreds of megawatts of capacity.
- **Equinix Fabric Intelligence / Distributed AI** — An AI-ready backbone, global AI Solutions Lab and interconnection tooling designed to support distributed AI training and inferencing, including hosting NVIDIA DGX AI factories.

## Achievements

- Grew from a single Ashburn, Virginia data center in 1999 to the world's largest colocation and interconnection platform with 270+ data centers.
- Operates a programmable global network spanning roughly 75+ markets in 30+ countries.
- Serves more than 10,000 customers, including the majority of the Fortune 500.
- Converted to a REIT in 2015, a landmark structural move for a digital-infrastructure company.
- Announced a $15B+ joint venture in 2025 with CPP Investments and GIC to fund AI-scale xScale campuses.
- Among the first providers to host NVIDIA Blackwell-powered DGX AI factories across ~45 global markets.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Announced a joint venture of more than $15 billion with CPP Investments and GIC to nearly triple capital in its xScale portfolio and build AI/hyperscale campuses across the U.S.
- **2025-10** — Reported strong Q3 2025 results; 62 major projects underway in 36 markets across 25 countries, including 16 xScale projects.
- **2025-09** — Unveiled Distributed AI infrastructure solution: an AI-ready backbone, a global AI Solutions Lab, and Equinix Fabric Intelligence for inferencing workloads.
- **2025-03** — Became first to offer NVIDIA Instant AI Factory (Blackwell Ultra DGX SuperPOD) in preconfigured data centers across ~45 markets.
- **2025-07** — Full-year 2025 revenue guidance raised to roughly $9.23B-$9.33B.

## Links

- Website: https://equinix.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/equinix
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/equinix
- GitHub: https://github.com/equinix
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Equinix
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/equinix/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Equinix

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Last updated: 2026-07-15