REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and
LONDON, Aug. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company,
announced today that it has completed the second phase expansion of
its LD6 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in
Slough, London. This new phase further supports
businesses expanding in the UK, providing customers with the
critical IT infrastructure required to gain competitive
advantage.
With $42M of capital investment,
the second phase of LD6 will add 1,385 cabinets, bringing the total
operational capacity of the data center to 2,770 cabinets. This
expansion is also an indicator of Equinix's continued commitment to
the UK, where demand for data centers and colocation services in
the cloud, enterprise and financial services sectors continue to
grow.
Highlights / Key Facts
- With the fifth largest GDP by metropolitan area in the world,
London is a key player in the
global digital economy. Equinix's LD6 campus is one of the
fastest-growing in the UK and has been established as a hub for
businesses to interconnect in a
secure colocation environment.
- With more than 90 network service providers and access to a
range of transatlantic sub-sea cables, LD6 is one of the busiest
network nodes in the UK, and offers latency in the region of 30
milliseconds to New York and 4 milliseconds
to Frankfurt. This makes it an optimal high-performance hub
for cloud and content service provision.
- The facility also houses LINX, one of the world's largest
Internet Exchanges, and serves as a virtual financial center for
more than 170 financial services companies. A quarter of European
equities trades flow through Equinix data centers.
- Following this latest investment, Equinix's LD6 London Slough
campus will provide more than 408,000 square feet (38,000 square
meters) of net premium colocation space interconnected by more than
1,000 diverse dark fiber links, increasing scale and resilience.
Additionally, with seven data center sites strategically located
throughout London, Equinix
provides businesses with increased options for business
continuity and disaster recovery.
- According to a recent report by Gartner entitled,
Colocation-Based Interconnection Will Serve as the 'Glue' for
Advanced Digital Business Applications, "Digital business is
enabled and enhanced through high-speed, secure, low-latency
communication among enterprise assets, cloud resources, and an
ecosystem of service providers and peers. Architects and IT leaders
must consider carrier-neutral data center interconnection as a
digital business enabler."
- LD6 houses many customers benefiting from Platform Equinix™.
Beeks Financial Cloud is a UK-based customer that leverages
Platform Equinix across a number of markets, directly connecting to
financial market participants, cloud services providers and
networks. Originally deployed in LD4, Beeks has continued to expand
to other Equinix sites across the globe as its business required
more capacity and scale.
- Another London customer is CFH
Clearing. Part of the CFH Group, the STP trading venue provides
sophisticated technology solutions for global clients including
banks, brokers and professional traders. The company works with
both Beeks and Equinix, relying on Equinix for maximum connectivity
and low latency.
- With 146 IBX data centers in 40 markets including seven data
centers in London (LD1, LD3, LD4,
LD5, LD6, LD8 and LD9), Equinix provides customers with even more
ways to connect with other businesses across the globe.
Quotes
- Gordon McArthur,
CEO, Beeks Financial Cloud:
"Platform
Equinix has been a cornerstone for the Beeks Financial Cloud –
enabling the speed, resilience and reduced latency our customers
have come to expect. Our presence in the Equinix's London data centers provides connectivity to
all the major networks and cloud service providers, as well as
financial services companies. This level of interconnection is what
helps a business like Beeks to thrive. It's more than a data center
platform – it's a platform for innovation."
- Lars Holst, CEO, CFH
Clearing:
"CFH Clearing has a long-standing
relationship with Equinix and leverages its interconnection
platform in key markets around the world. London continues to be a critical connectivity
point for our business and a strategic place to interconnect
securely with ecosystem partners such as Beeks Financial Cloud and
many others. We are glad to see Equinix continuing to invest in
this market to enable future growth and opportunity."
- Russell Poole, managing
director UK, Equinix:
"As one of the most pivotal
connection points in the world, London continues to play a significant role in
facilitating the flow of data that supports the digital economy.
With the completion of the second phase of LD6, 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
- Colocation-Based Interconnection Will Serve as the 'Glue' for
Advanced Digital Business Applications [Gartner report]
- Equinix Expands Data Center Leadership Position with Close of
Telecity Acquisition [press release]
- Equinix Launches Technically Advanced Data Center in UK, its
Sixth in London [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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