REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and
TOKYO, March 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company,
today announced the opening of its latest International Business
Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, known as TY5. The new $43 million facility will support strong demand
from local and global enterprises including financial services
firms, as well as cloud and content providers who are increasingly
relying on data center colocation and interconnection services in
Tokyo.
Earlier this month Equinix announced that it will open four new
IBX data centers in Dallas, São
Paulo, Sydney and Tokyo, to create more capacity for global
companies to connect to their partners, customers and employees.
These organic additions with the recent acquisition of Bit-isle in
Japan and Telecity in EMEA will
expand Equinix's global interconnection platform to nearly 150 data
centers by the end of the year. By providing additional capacity in
the coming year, Equinix 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.
Highlights/key facts
- The launch of the TY5 IBX data center follows hard on the heels
of the recently completed acquisition of one of Japan's leading service providers – Bit-isle –
which more than doubled Equinix's footprint in the country. These
developments also boost the Equinix presence in Asia-Pacific, which is the company's fastest
growing region.
- According to research by Forrester, the data center market in
Japan is forecasted to reach
$14.2 billion in 2016. The new TY5
datacenter will help Equinix to meet these demands, further
enabling domestic and multinational companies to expand into the
growing Japan market and access
over 1,100 domestic and international network providers within
Platform Equinix™, including local Japanese carriers and
international carriers such as Softbank, PCCW Global, BT and
AT&T.
- Equinix customers in Japan
already include some of the country's largest companies. Over 60
financial services firms, including multiple FX matching engines
such as ICAP, FXCM, Fastmatch and LMAX, are now connecting to
Equinix's established financial ecosystem of existing and potential
customers and partners. With the official launch of TY5, Equinix
expects the number of enterprises across the region signing up to
access its rich ecosystem to accelerate still further.
- TY5 will provide a total capacity of 725 cabinets with 350
available immediately and a further 375 in the second phase of
development. With 54,663 square feet of space, TY5 is located in a
single tenant facility for improved design and physical security,
with 24x7x365 security officers and CCTV.
- Situated near the existing TY3 IBX data center as well as
Tokyo's financial district, TY5 is
also very close to the Japan Exchange and Tokyo Commodity Exchange
that houses over 3,400 listed companies and has a total market
capitalization of $4.47 trillion.
Proximity to these exchanges enables TY5 to provide financial
services companies with reliable, low-latency connectivity to key
financial institutions and business partners, boosting speed of
trading and accelerating business outcomes. TY3 and TY5 will be
considered within the same campus with dark optical fiber
connecting the two IBX data centers.
- With the opening of TY5, Platform Equinix now includes over 145
data centers in 40 markets around the world.
Quotes
- Samuel Lee, president,
Equinix Asia-Pacific:
"Equinix continues to invest in
our global interconnection platform which is now available in 40
markets to meet the changing IT needs of businesses around the
world. TY5 represents a landmark development for Equinix in
Japan, as well as a catalyst that
will further accelerate the financial services industry across the
entire APAC region."
Additional Resources
- Equinix to Launch Four New Data Centers, Globally, to Further
Advance IT Transformation in the Interconnected Era [press
release]
- Equinix Expansion Continues With 4 New Data Centers on 4
Continents [blog]
- Equinix to Build New $43M Data Center in Tokyo [press
release]
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects
the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and
partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 40 markets
across five continents, Equinix is where companies come together to
realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and
cloud strategies. 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 centers
and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services;
unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of
companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure
to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out
or acquired data centers; 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; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular,
see Equinix's recent 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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