Equinix Launches Large Expansion of Interconnection Services in EMEA to Help Enterprises Simplify Hybrid Multicloud Connectivity

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced one of its largest expansions of Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric(TM) (ECX Fabric(TM)) in seven new EMEA markets to help global businesses simplify hybrid and multicloud infrastructures. With this expansion of Equinix's industry-leading interconnection service to Barcelona, Brussels, Geneva, Istanbul, Lisbon and Sofia, and extending into Hamburg in Q2 2020, enterprises and service providers can seamlessly interconnect to a rich ecosystem of clouds, networks, partners and customers that matter most to their digital businesses.

As global IT decision-makers respond to an increasingly dynamic world including competitive pressures, growing customer demands, globalization, and challenges posed by COVID-19, many are accelerating their digital transformation efforts and continuing to prioritize the adoption of hybrid and multicloud solutions. In response to this market shift, Equinix is extending its ECX Fabric service in EMEA to help digital businesses simplify hybrid multicloud deployments and expand their global interconnection opportunities on Platform Equinix®.

Designed to support enterprise digital transformation initiatives, ECX Fabric is a global interconnection service available in 45 strategic markets that allows businesses to exchange their data on demand, and between metros through private connections. This capability enables enterprises, network services and cloud providers alike to consistently scale their digital businesses just as rapidly as the digital economy requires it.

ECX Fabric provides scalability, agility and connectivity over a self-service portal or APIs. Through a single port, customers in any ECX Fabric-enabled market can create and manage on-demand connections in a globally consistent way. By extending ECX Fabric from Lisbon in the West to Istanbul in the East, Equinix is making it easier for digital businesses to increase their global reach by gaining broad access to the ecosystems they need for scaling their businesses globally.

Highlights/Key Facts

    --  As digital transformation fuels the need for virtualized, on-demand,
        multicloud infrastructures, global businesses are using virtual
        connections to expand into new regions. ECX Fabric supports this
        evolution to multicloud adoption by directly, securely and dynamically
        connecting distributed infrastructure and digital ecosystems globally,
        on Platform Equinix.


    --  Platform Equinix is( )a dynamic data center and interconnection platform
        essential for any enterprise deploying hybrid multicloud at the edge.
        With a global footprint of more than 200 International Business
        Exchange(TM) (IBX(®)) data centers, Platform Equinix contains the
        highest share of the world's public cloud on-ramps and the most
        physically and virtually interconnected ecosystems in the world.


    --  ECX Fabric enables streamlined access to the world's largest cloud
        providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud
        Infrastructure and Google Cloud on Platform Equinix via global,
        software-defined interconnection. With more than 2,000 customers
        connecting their digital infrastructure to more than 600 other
        participants on the platform, ECX Fabric enables the world's leading
        digital businesses to connect to the cloud.


    --  With the addition of the seven new EMEA markets, ECX Fabric will be
        available to customers across 45 strategic markets in the Americas, EMEA
        and Asia-Pacific regions including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Barcelona,
        Boston, Brussels, Canberra, Chicago, Culpeper, Dallas, Denver, Dublin,
        Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Houston,
        Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne,
        Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Osaka, Paris, Perth, Seattle, São
        Paulo, Silicon Valley, Seoul, Singapore, Sofia, Stockholm, Sydney,
        Toronto, Tokyo, Warsaw, Washington D.C. and Zurich.


    --  Benefits to enterprises: On-demand, software-defined interconnection on
        ECX Fabric gives enterprises the agility to capitalize on changing
        market conditions and new opportunities. Through one port, on one
        platform, enterprises can quickly connect to the largest ecosystems of
        clouds, networks and partners available on ECX Fabric, including clouds
        not currently available for direct connection within a local market. By
        connecting local services and distributed infrastructure via ECX Fabric,
        enterprises can also solve their application performance and digital
        customer experience challenges. Additionally, ECX Fabric, along with a
        growing portfolio of Edge Services, offers enterprises the ability to
        quickly deploy and interconnect virtual network functions globally.


    --  Benefits to service providers: By leveraging ECX Fabric as a global
        extension of their infrastructure, cloud and network service providers
        can quickly expand their global reach into new markets and respond to
        the connectivity needs of their customers with dramatically reduced time
        to market. The virtualized nature of these connections is also ideal for
        testing local market demand before deploying physical infrastructure.
        The rich ecosystem of cloud service providers available on Platform
        Equinix also allows network providers to offer customers on-demand,
        private connectivity to multiple cloud providers via ECX Fabric,
        ultimately helping their customers extract more value from the cloud.
    --  Private interconnection is essential as digital transformation fuels
        higher demand for localized digital services at the edge. According to
        the recently released Volume 3 of the Global Interconnection Index
        (GXI), a market study published by Equinix, installed interconnection
        bandwidth capacity is expected to reach 13,300+ Tbps with a 51% compound
        annual growth rate worldwide by 2022.

Quotes

    --  Armin Rishi, Director of Technical Partnerships, Aryaka"Platform
        Equinix's global interconnection capabilities help Aryaka, the
        cloud-first WAN company, with our peering and cloud connectivity needs.
        This enables us to provide an industry-leading Managed SD-WAN service to
        our customers. Seeing the expansion across several European markets
        opens up more possibilities for the future growth of our platform."



    --  Courtney Munroe, Global Vice President, Telecommunications Research,
        IDC"The migration to digital platforms, as well as the requirement for
        seamless and efficient interconnection to network providers and cloud
        platforms, are strong drivers for the colocation and interconnection
        market for enterprises, content and service providers. Equinix's ECX
        Fabric interconnection service offers additional enhanced and efficient
        options for service providers and enterprises alike and will continue to
        drive growth of the digital ecosystem. This expansion is timely given
        the increased demand for interconnection as a result of shifting network
        patterns and the spike in network usage from some segments, due to the
        impact of COVID-19 quarantine policies."



    --  Bill Long, Senior Vice President, Core Product Management, Equinix"As
        global IT decision-makers respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19,
        many are accelerating their digital transformation efforts and
        transitioning more functions to the cloud. To help global businesses
        simplify their hybrid and multicloud deployments, Equinix is launching
        the largest expansion to date of our ECX Fabric service in Europe. By
        extending ECX Fabric from Lisbon in the West to Istanbul in the East,
        and offering a globally consistent interconnection service across each
        of our 45 ECX Fabric-enabled markets, we can help enterprises seamlessly
        connect to the clouds, networks, partners and rich ecosystems that
        matter most to their businesses."

    --  Eugene Bergen Henegouwen, President, EMEA, Equinix"Most of the
        organizations we work with around the world are already on a digital
        transformation journey, and are using the cloud to improve their global
        reach and seamlessly connect with the customers, partners and suppliers
        that matter to them. Indeed, in our latest global survey of IT
        decision-makers, nearly three-quarters (71%) said they plan to move more
        of their IT functions to the cloud. COVID-19 has accelerated this trend
        for some businesses that have had to rapidly virtualize their services
        to respond to the extremely fast-changing nature of business during this
        crisis. We believe our expansion of ECX Fabric will help them to not
        only successfully navigate the difficult months ahead, but come out the
        other side fit for the future and ready to seize the opportunities the
        cloud offers."

Additional Resources

    --  Equinix Is Expanding the Reach of Cloud in EMEA [blog]
    --  Learn more about ECX Fabric [website]
    --  Learn more about Platform Equinix [website]
    --  Learn more about Edge Services [website]
    --  Multicloud and Edge Top IT Leaders' Priority Lists [press release]
    --  Equinix 2019-20 Tech Trends Survey [report]
    --  Global Interconnection Index Volume 3 [report]
    --  IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Colocation and Interconnection Services 2019
        - 2020 [report]
    --  Equinix's Response to COVID-19 [website]

About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most-interconnected data centers. On this global platform for digital business, companies come together across more than 50 markets on five continents to reach everywhere, interconnect everyone and integrate everything they need to create their digital futures. www.equinix.com

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX data centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products and solutions; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; a failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; risks related to our taxation as a REIT; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent Equinix quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

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