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Equinix to acquire BT Group's Irish data center business for €59 million

Equinix has agreed to acquire BT Group's Irish data center business for €59 million ($61.3m). The transaction, expected to be completed in H1 of 2025, includes two operational data centers in CityWest and Ballycoolin, Dublin. BT's decision to divest is part of a broader strategy to transition...

December 26, 2024

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Equinix partners with Dell Technologies for private AI solution

Equinix and Dell Technologies are teaming up to offer a private AI solution that enables customers to train AI models on public and private clouds deployed on-premises. Using the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia which combines Dell PowerEdge XE9680 with Nvidia GPUs, the Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet p...

December 20, 2024

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Equinix signs new PPA in Singapore

Equinix has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Sembcorp Power for 58.5MW of power which is tol be delivered from a solar installation on 60 hectares of vacant land and the rooftops of five JTC Corporation buildings, including the Jurong Rock Caverns above-ground facilities and Jurong...

December 04, 2024

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Mercury delivers Equinix's FR13 data center in Germany

Mercury delivers Equinix's FR13 data center in Frankfurt, Germany. Located within Equinix’s Frankfurt North-East campus, the facility spans 5,295 sqm (57,000 sq ft) with a total capacity of 7.75MW across two data halls on three floors. “The expansion of our North-East campus with FR13 is key t...

November 30, 2024

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Equinix breaks ground on Singapore data center

Equinix this week announced its sixth International Business Exchange (IBX) facility in Singapore, to be named SG6. With an initial investment of $260 million, the facility will provide liquid cooling capabilities to support high-density workloads. Yee May Leong, managing director, Singapore,...

November 26, 2024

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Equinix launches data center in Oman with Omantel

Equinix this week officially opened Salalah in partnership with local telco Omantel with a facility known as SN1. This facility is to be commercially and operationally managed in full by Equinix as a carrier-neutral and open-access Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data center.Kame...

November 08, 2024

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Equinix opens second data center in Istanbul, Türkiye

US colocation giant Equinix this week opened its second International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Istanbul, known as IL4. The new facility is located on the same campus as Equinix’s existing Istanbul facility, IL2 and it offers capacity for 1,125 cabinets across 3,045 sqm (32,775 s...

November 02, 2024

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Equinix to invest in two data centers in Bangkok, Thailand

Equinix this week announced an intention to invest approximately $500 million in Thailand in phases over the next ten years, including the recent acquisition of land in Bangkok for approximately $34m. The newly acquired land in the Bangna area of Bangkok will be used to establish two Equinix I...

October 30, 2024

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a colocation contract to Equinix.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Equinix a contract for colocation services for its Homeland Security Enterprise Network.Published on SAM.gov on September 17, the tender called for "power, connectivity and related operations and maintenance," adding that the services wi...

September 25, 2024

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Equinix becomes one of the top 10 largest US corporate issuers after issuing $750m in green bonds

Equinix has now become one of the top 10 largest US corporate issuers in the market, issuing $750 million in green bonds across two offerings. The company says it will use the proceeds to advance sustainability initiatives across its business. Equinix said the funding will be towards initiativ...

September 17, 2024

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Equinix explores deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at Dublin data center

Colocation firm Equinix is exploring deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at its data center in Dublin, Ireland. A spokesperson for the company noted that while a temporary demonstration pod was deployed at one of the company's sites on tour from ESB and GeoPura, is not a permanent deployment. P...

August 17, 2024

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Equinix surpasses $1bn EBITDA for Q2

Equinix has surpassed a $1 billion EBITDA in Q2 2024 for the first time, reaching $1.036bn. The company Equinix has surpassed a $1 billion EBITDA in Q2 2024 for the first time, reaching $1.036bn. Furthermore, the quarter's results saw operating income up 20 percent compared to the previous qua...

August 09, 2024

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Equinix announces expansion into the Philippines with three data centers

Equinix this week announced that it will be entering into the Philippines market after purchasing three facilities from Total Information Management, a local technology solutions provider. This deal comprises three carrier-neutral and interconnection-rich data centers with more than 1,000 cabi...

July 23, 2024

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ADNOC partners with e& for private 5G wireless networks

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has paired with telco e& to build a private 5G wireless network that spans 11,000 square kilometers which will be the largest private 5G wireless network ever built in the energy industry.“This landmark project with e& is a milestone step in A...

July 06, 2024

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Ericsson to book impairment charge for Vonage acquisition

Ericsson has confirmed that it will record a noncash impairment charge of 11.4 billion Swedish crowns, which reflects lower anticipated market growth in some of Vonage’s current portfolio."We continue to advance our strategy to build a Global Network Platform for network APIs, which was the st...

July 05, 2024

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Equinix announces second data center in Lisbon, Portugal

Equinix this week announced plans for LS2, a new International Business Exchange (IBX) facility to be located adjacent to Equinix's existing LS1 site. This €50 million project due to open in the first quarter of 2025 will offer 2,050 square meters of colocation space.Carlos Paulino, managing...

June 05, 2024

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Equinix breaks ground in Malaysia with two new data centers

Equinix has now broken ground in Malaysia with two International Business Exchange data centers in Johor (JH1) and Kuala Lumpur (KL1) now serving the company’s customers in Malaysia and across. Jeremy Deutsch, president for Asia-Pacific at Equinix, said: “Malaysia is a cornerstone market and t...

May 28, 2024

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Equinix signs new solar PPAs in Singapore

Colocation firm Equinix has signed long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy in Singapore fromSembcorp Industries. Following the agreements, Sembcorp Power will supply a maximum capacity of 75MWp from its solar assets and 30MW from its gas-power generation portfoli...

April 29, 2024

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Equinix accused of major accounting manipulations

Short seller Hindenburg Research has accused data center REIT Equinix of "major accounting manipulations." The investigative reporting and researching company claims that Nadaq-listed Equinix overstated its adjusted funds from operations (AFFO), a key profitability metric for REITs, by at leas...

March 23, 2024

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Equinix announces Google Cloud executive Adaire Fox-Martin as new CEO

Equinix has appointed Google Cloud executive Adaire Fox-Martin as its new CEO to succeed Charles Meyers, who has led the company for six years. Fox-Martin who has led Google Cloud's go-to-market teams globally since early last year, has been a member of the Equinix board of Directors since 20...

March 14, 2024

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