REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
June 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection
and data center company, today announced that it will hold a
ceremony to commemorate the ground breaking at its development site
in San Jose, California.
Located adjacent to its existing SV1 and SV5 International Business
Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers, the new site will be
built on 11 acres of land purchased by Equinix and will augment the
existing San Jose Great Oaks campus.
Equinix and Silicon Valley
Equinix data centers in the Silicon Valley area serve 600+
customers and represent the second largest Internet exchange point
in North America. Equinix has invested approximately
$275 million in the local economy
with its existing SV1 and SV5 data centers, and the company will
invest an additional $125 million in
the development of the first phase of the SV10 IBX data
center. These facilities house rich ecosystems that allow
network and content providers, cloud and IT service providers, and
enterprise customers to quickly and efficiently exchange critical
business data with their customers and partners through
interconnection.
About the Event
Local government officials from the City of San Jose and customers will join
Equinix to discuss the significance of this build site, what this
increased investment will mean for the local economy and why
Silicon Valley and San Jose is a
strategic connectivity point in the broader digital economy.
Date: Wednesday, June 15,
2016
Time: 12:30 PM –
3:30 PM PT
Location: Equinix Silicon Valley Great Oaks Campus: 11
Great Oaks Blvd in San Jose
Speakers:
- Steve Smith, CEO of Equinix
- Sam Liccardo, Mayor of
San Jose
- Karl Strohmeyer, President of
Americas for Equinix
- Jeff Brzycki, CIO
Autodesk
Agenda:
- 12:30 – 1:00 Registration / Check-In
- 1:00 – 1:20 Opening remarks, shovel
ceremony, photos
- 1:30 – 3:30 Onsite reception and tours
of the data center (optional)
-
3:30 Event
ends
** Please request attendance by RSVPing to the event
here. Space is limited. **
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 33 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.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix,
Inc.
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