The initial six facilities in the joint venture will be located in the
Highlights/Key Facts
- The Equinix LD10 IBX facility has been sold to the joint venture. The portion of the facility that has been dedicated to hyperscale deployments has been re-named the LD13x xScale data center and will provide 10 megawatts (MW) of capacity for xScale customers. The balance of the facility, which is dedicated to retail colocation deployments, will be leased by
Equinix from the JV and will retain the Equinix LD10 IBX name. - The former Equinix PA8 IBX in
Paris , which has also been sold to the joint venture, has been re-named the PA8x xScale data center. The first phase of the facility opened in Q1 2019, and the second and final phase is expected to open in Q4 2019. At full buildout, PA8x is expected to support 14 MW of capacity for xScale customers. - The FR9x xScale data center in
Frankfurt will add 10 MW of capacity in Q3 2020 when the initial phase is opened. At full capacity, the facility is expected to support 18 MW of capacity. - The LD11x xScale data center in
London will add 10 MW of capacity for hyperscale customers in Q1 2021 when the initial phase is opened. At full capacity, the facility is expected to support 19 MW of capacity. - xScale data centers provide hyperscale companies a differentiated value proposition from existing wholesale data center operators in two key areas:
- xScale data centers offer access to
Equinix's comprehensive suite of interconnection and edge services. These services tie into the hyperscale companies' existing access points atEquinix , thereby increasing the speed of connections to their existing and future enterprise customers. - xScale data centers are engineered to meet the technical and operational requirements and price points of core hyperscale workload deployments. This enables hyperscale companies to consolidate core and access point deployments into one global provider to streamline and simplify their rapid growth.
- For years, hyperscale operators, including
Alibaba Cloud , Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Google Cloud, have partnered withEquinix to leverage its global platform of more than 200 IBX data centers to directly connect to their strategic business partners and customers. Today, Platform Equinix® offers the most access points—the "on- and off-ramps to the cloud"—to the top global cloud service providers. In addition to these customer access points, hyperscale companies are investing in large-scale data center deployments to accommodate their rapidly growing core workload needs. With xScale data centers, hyperscale companies can add core deployments atEquinix to their existing access point footprints, enabling their growth on a single platform that spans more than 50 global metros and offers direct interconnection—within a vibrant set of ecosystems—to their customers and strategic business partners. - Private connectivity between enterprises, strategic cloud service providers and network services is essential as digital transformation fuels higher demand for localized digital services at the edge. According to the Global Interconnection Index Volume 2, a market study published by
Equinix , the capacity for private data exchange between enterprises and cloud and network service providers is forecast to grow nearly 10 times faster than public internet traffic by 2021.
Quotes
Charles Meyers , President and CEO,Equinix :
"The formation of our JV with GIC is a strategic milestone forEquinix as we continue to deepen our relationships with the world's largest cloud and hyperscale companies and help them meet their core workload deployment needs and gain proximity to the thriving business ecosystems available atEquinix . Similarly, as today's businesses are increasingly moving to implement hybrid multicloud strategies for their digital infrastructure,Equinix serves as a unique on- and off-ramp to execute that strategy. We look forward to launching similar JVs in other operating regions and believe these efforts will continue to further differentiateEquinix as the trusted center of a cloud-first world."
Additional Resources
Equinix and GIC JV Signing Announcement [press release]- Learn more about Platform Equinix [website]
- Global Interconnection Index Volume 2 [market study]
- Infrastructure is Everywhere [
Gartner report] Equinix an Integral Part of the Hyperscale Cloud Ecosystem [IDC Market Note]Equinix and GIC Partner to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers inEurope [Structure Research report]
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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 a material difference include, without limitations, risks related to whether the data centers which will be contributed to the Joint Venture will be integrated successfully, and whether such integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected; risks that the expected benefits of the Joint Venture will not occur; the challenges of operating and managing data centers and developing, deploying and delivering
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