REDWOOD CITY, Calif., and
SYDNEY, Aug. 22, 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
Sydney, known as SY4. Centrally
located, the new $97 million USD
facility supports the strong demand for Platform Equinix™ in
Australia. Currently operating two
significant data center campuses in Australia, Equinix is adding capacity to meet
growing demand for interconnection and colocation services,
particularly as the trends in hybrid and multi cloud adoption
continue, and as Sydney becomes a digital economy hotspot.
SY4 has already welcomed more than 20 customers, including
managed hosting provider Servers Australia, cloud provider
Zettagrid, managed network service provider Connectivity IT, and
independent broadband network The Grex Group. SY4 will also be an
additional Point of Presence (PoP) for network providers including
TPG Telecom and Vocus, and the location of the Australian submarine
cable head for Hawaiki, the second trans-Pacific cable route
connecting Australia and
New Zealand to Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States.
Key facts/ Highlights
- Located in Alexandria, less
than three miles from Sydney's central business district, phase one
of SY4 provides a total capacity of 1,500 cabinets. Upon
completion of the second and final phase, the facility will provide
a total capacity of 3,000 cabinets with a total usable
floor space of more than 135,000 square feet.
- The Equinix Sydney campus is a business hub for over 600
companies, including 140 network service providers (NSPs) and more
than 225 cloud and IT service providers, providing the most
interconnected group of data centers in Australia. It is also the only place where
companies can set up direct links to both of the continent's two
largest Internet peering points, as well as key submarine cable
systems, including the Southern Cross Cable Head, the PIPE Pacific
Cable, and the soon to be launched Hawaiki cable. With a completion
date of June 2018, Hawaiki will be
the latest addition to the rich ecosystem of submarine cables that
connect Equinix's customers globally, with SY4 customers assured of
the most direct connection to the Hawaiki cable.
- After experiencing significant growth in the last two years,
long-time Equinix customer Servers Australia has deployed
additional infrastructure in SY4. Servers Australia and its customers are now benefiting
from increased geo-redundancy by leveraging Equinix's Sydney and
Melbourne facilities.
- TPG and Vocus, along with other network providers, have made
SY4 an on-net facility; ensuring customers can leverage direct
connectivity to their networks.
- With SY4, Equinix now has 5 data centers in Australia, including SY1, SY2 and SY3 in
Sydney, and the recently expanded
ME1 facility in Melbourne. In
total, Equinix has 29 IBX data centers in APAC, across five
countries and eight metros, and operates more than 146 data centers
globally across 40 metros.
Quotes
- Jared Hirst, managing
director, Servers Australia:
"We're experiencing rapid growth, and Equinix has certainly
demonstrated their commitment to supporting our accelerating
business. What started as 20 cabinets is now 100, and we've now
deployed infrastructure across multiple Equinix sites, including
SY4. It's incredibly valuable for us to have a partner we can rely
on to scale our business seamlessly. We chose Equinix in the first
instance for the convenience of access to their data centres in
Sydney and Melbourne, their global network, and
ultimately, the ease in which they do business. Today, we're
leveraging the Equinix brand as a market leader in interconnection
and we're thrilled to be part of the milestone that is
SY4."
- Nathan Harman, managing
director, Zettagrid:
"As Zettagrid continues its rapid expansion into Sydney as
Australia's largest and most
advanced self-service cloud infrastructure platform, we needed a
compelling and reliable solution for our environment. Equinix's new
SY4 facility was an obvious choice for us. With broad access to the
leading network service providers, the Equinix campus enables us to
continue to build the most compelling solutions for our customers.
SY4's state of the art design means we can offer our customers the
most resilient platform on the market."
- Michael Hart, director, The
Grex Group:
"For The Grex Group, connectivity to our service providers
was key to our network solution. Being able to leverage over 600
companies already located in Equinix's Sydney Campus directly from SY4 ensures we can
offer simple and affordable solutions to our customers. By Equinix
providing direct cross connect capability to all of our partners
they have made launching new solutions easy and cost
effective."
- Remi Galasso, CEO,
Hawaiki:
"Hawaiki is thrilled to confirm our new submarine cable into
Australia will terminate directly
inside Equinix's SY4 facility. We chose Equinix SY4 as the perfect
location to place the head end of our cable system for access to
the over 140 network service providers and over 225 cloud and IT
providers. These parties will be able to directly connect to our
cable system at Equinix and gain some of the fastest connectivity
to international locations, including the US West coast. "
- Jeremy Deutsch, managing
director Australia,
Equinix:
"The opening of SY4 is Equinix's response to growing demand
from Australian businesses for colocation, hybrid cloud, and
greater interconnection. Colocation is now the center for the new
hybrid IT model and we're pleased to see more Australian
enterprises actively looking for the best way to leverage their
architectures and capitalize on cloud services. They're recognizing
the limitations of on-premise data centers, and making the move to
leverage highly interconnected solutions that connect their people,
clouds and data. Australian companies continue to lead the world in
the adoption of interconnection, and we are proud that Equinix's
SY4 will enable further opportunities for all of our
customers."
Additional Resources
- Equinix Sydney data centers [website]
- Equinix Sydney Campus [video]
- Equinix announces completion of US$28 million Expansion of
Melbourne Data Centre [press release]
- Hawaiki Chooses Equinix for Australian Cable Landing Station
[press release]
- Equinix Data Centers Anchor Southern Cross Cable Network
between Australia and North America [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.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.
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