HONG KONG, June 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company
today announced that it has been awarded the 2016 Frost &
Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Award for Data Center Service
Provider of the Year. Equinix was specifically recognized for its
market-leading revenue growth and commitment to expanding its
services in the region, as well as its commitment to
sustainability.
Highlights/Key Facts
- Equinix was named Data Center Service Provider of the Year
based on four key criteria: revenues and revenue growth, regional
presence, initiatives and achievements, regional and global
footprint, and commitment to innovation, specifically around green
technology. The award also recognizes Equinix for its exemplary
performance in the region in the past year.
- With growing demand for an Interconnection Oriented
Architecture (IOA™), data center facilities and managed services
from the enterprise, financial services, network operators, cloud
and IT sectors, Asia-Pacific is a
key region for Equinix and a desired location for cloud service
providers and major multinational organizations.
- With 28 data centers strategically sited throughout
Asia-Pacific - including
Australia, China, Hong
Kong, Indonesia,
Japan and Singapore - Equinix's International Business
Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers offer access to
Asia's thriving banking, commerce,
manufacturing and telecommunications marketplaces.
- Equinix has a total of over 108,000 square meters (1,160,000+
square feet) of colocation space in the region, serving more than
1,450 customers, 350 networks, and 540 cloud and IT service
providers.
- In March of this year, Equinix announced the opening of its
latest IBX data center in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, known as TY5. The new $43 million facility supports strong demand from
local and global enterprises, including financial services firms,
cloud and content providers, that are increasingly relying on data
center colocation and interconnection services in Tokyo. This comes as part of a global plan to
open four new IBX data centers this year in Dallas, São Paulo, Sydney and Tokyo, to create more capacity for global
companies to connect to their partners, customers and
employees.
- Equinix is committed to maximum energy efficiency and
sustainability in Asia-Pacific,
including the use of indirect evaporative coolers at the ME1
facility in Melbourne and a solar
energy system that powers non-essential operations at SG3 in
Singapore. It was awarded Frost
& Sullivan's 2014 and 2015 Asia Pacific Data Center Green
Innovation Leadership Award in recognition of this work.
Quotes
- Winnie Wong, Research
Analyst, Digital Transformation – Cloud and Data Center,
Asia Pacific, Frost &
Sullivan:
"As the leading global interconnection and data
center provider, Equinix continues to invest in the development of
solutions such as Cloud Exchange and Data Hub, enabling its wide
customer base to better serve the changing needs of businesses
across the Asia Pacific region.
The expansion of its data center footprint in Singapore, Australia and Tokyo, as well as the recent acquisitions of
Telecity and Bit-isle, will provide customers and cloud service
providers in the region with private, direct connection and access
to Equinix Cloud Exchange. Equinix has continued to push forward to
become the leader in Interconnection."
- Samuel Lee, president,
Equinix Asia-Pacific:
"Equinix is delighted to be the
recipient of this award from Frost & Sullivan. It is a true
acknowledgement that our continued investment and growth in the
region is having a real impact on our customers. It also highlights
the central role Equinix is playing in advancing the digital
economy in the interconnected era and accelerating growth for
vendors and end-users."
Additional Resources
Equinix Receives Frost & Sullivan Green Innovation
Leadership Award for Second Year Running
Equinix Reports First Quarter 2016 Results
Equinix Opens New Data Center in Tokyo
Equinix to Launch Four New Data Centers, Globally, to Further
Advance IT Transformation in the Interconnected Era
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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Inc.
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Equinix, Inc.
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