REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and
AMSTERDAM, July 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company,
today announced that it will build a new International Business
Exchange™ (IBX®) in Amsterdam at its existing campus at the
Amsterdam Science Park. The newest data center, called AM4, will
support growing demand for Platform Equinix™ in Amsterdam, one of the most network-dense
locations globally. Equinix also announced today it is now offering
direct connectivity to AWS in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam has long been a key
digital gateway, as businesses can reach 80 percent of Europe within 50 milliseconds, making this an
ideal market for enterprises to locate their IT infrastructure to
maximize performance. Already operating two significant Amsterdam
data center campuses, Equinix will add capacity to meet growing
demand for hybrid cloud, interconnection and connectivity to
business ecosystems across a number of vertical markets and
internet exchanges.
Highlights / Key Facts
- Equinix will invest $113 million,
in the first phase of development for the AM4 data center which
will house 1,555 cabinets. On completion of the four expansion
phases the facility will represent a total investment of
$189 million and provide 4,200
cabinets on eight floors of data center space with a total usable
floor area of more than 124,000 square feet (11,500 square meters).
The building and first phase is expected to be completed and
operational by Q2 2017.
- With more than 850 customers and connections with over 125
network service providers, the Equinix data centers in Amsterdam represent one of the most dense
network concentrations in the world. Customers benefit from direct
connections with their own customers and suppliers in their digital
supply chain. Moreover, the colocation facilities of Equinix in
Amsterdam provide proximity to the
Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) and the Neutral Internet
Exchange (NL-ix) — two of the largest internet exchange in the
world — bringing together over 1,000 ISPs, telecom operators, and
content providers and hosting services from all over the
world.
- High connectivity makes Amsterdam Science Park an attractive
location and cloud hotspot in Europe, which handles around 38 percent of the
Dutch data traffic, making it the second-largest data route in
the Netherlands. Additionally,
Amsterdam serves a high
concentration of e-commerce, advertising, broadcasting and gaming
companies, and a strong peering and network base to facilitate
reliable content delivery to end-users. This is an increasing
trend, as businesses begin to realize the benefits of collocating
IT infrastructure closer to the edge and adopting an
interconnection-first approach to their IT architecture.
- Equinix provides customers access to a robust cloud ecosystem
including leading CSPs such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform,
Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Oracle, and IBM Softlayer.
Equinix is the only data center provider in the Benelux to offer
access to this combination of cloud service providers, which allows
businesses to flexibly create a multi-cloud environment to meet
their changing IT needs. Additionally, Equinix brings together
buyers and sellers of cloud services via the Equinix Cloud
Exchange™ in 21 markets globally including Amsterdam.
- AM4, which will stand more 70 meters high, will be adjacent to
Equinix's AM3 data center, which was opened in 2012 and expanded
last year. AM3 has won numerous awards for its advances in
innovation and sustainability through the use of in-ground Aquifer
Thermal Energy Storage, instead of mechanical cooling, so that heat
generated by our data centers can be used to warm nearby buildings.
These and other sustainable technologies at Equinix's Amsterdam data centers help customers realize
significant energy savings and reduction in their CO2
footprint.
- Following the recent acquisition of TelecityGroup, Equinix now
operates more than 145 data centers globally across 40 markets
including seven data centers in Amsterdam (AM1, AM2, AM3, AM5, AM6, AM7 and
AM8).
Quotes
- Eric Schwartz, president EMEA,
Equinix:
"As one of the most pivotal connection points
in the world, Amsterdam continues
to play a significant role in facilitating the flow of data that
supports the digital economy. With the build of AM4, Equinix will
bring to market more opportunity for interconnection to connect
companies to their customers, employees and partners and to
ultimately accelerate their business performance."
Additional Resources
- Equinix Amsterdam data centers [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. 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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