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Equinix Announces Significant Expansion to Increase Data Center Capacity in Singapore

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Equinix Announces Significant Expansion to Increase Data Center Capacity in Singapore

Equinix launches third data center and expands second facility to meet strong market demand for premium data center services in Singapore

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Equinix, Inc. (NAS: EQIX) , the global interconnection and data center company, today announced its plans to expand the company’s footprint in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region with development of a third International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) and expansion of its second data center. The expansion plan showcases Equinix’s success in addressing market demand from financial and cloud service providers and demonstrates the company’s ongoing commitment to the data center market in Singapore.

At a groundbreaking ceremony that was held this morning, Equinix announced that it has commissioned Mapletree Industrial Trust, a leading industrial real estate investment trust listed in Singapore, to develop the new Singapore IBX, known as SG3.

Highlights / Key Facts

  • Scheduled to open in the second half of 2014, SG3 will further extend Platform Equinix™ to meet strong demand for premium interconnection and data center services in Singapore from financial and cloud companies. SG3 will provide approximately 385,000 square feet of gross floor area and 5,000 cabinets over multiple phases. With a proposed investment of US$50-US$55M1, the first phase will provide 1,000 cabinets.
  • At the same time, Equinix is investing US$55M in the fifth phase of its second Singapore IBX data center. The fifth phase of the expansion, which is expected to be available end of 2013, will provide 920 additional cabinets, bringing the total number of cabinets at this IBX data center to 4,176. It will also enable the provision of a high-connectivity, high-availability environment to support its customers’ cloud-based services.
  • SG3 will be located in close proximity to Equinix’s existing SG1 data center, which is located at one-north, a 200-hectare development by JTC Corporation designed to host a cluster of world-class research facilities and business park space to support growth in the biomedical sciences, infocomm technology, media, physical sciences and engineering industries.
  • SG3 and SG1 data centers will be interconnected through a dedicated fiber network, allowing customers in SG1 to expand their

    From: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/04/18/equinix-announces-significant-expansion-to-increas/

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CORRECTING and REPLACING Platform Equinix Provides Priceline with Significant Improvements in Respon

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CORRECTING and REPLACING Platform Equinix Provides Priceline with Significant Improvements in Response Time and Scaling


Global online travel leader reduces server count and power consumption while expanding infrastructure

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Second sentence in the quote by Chris Sharp should read “With nearly 100 data centers in 31 major business markets…” (sted “With 105 data centers in 38 major business markets…”).

The corrected release reads:

PLATFORM EQUINIX PROVIDES PRICELINE WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN RESPONSE TIME AND SCALING


Global online travel leader reduces server count and power consumption while expanding infrastructure

Equinix, Inc. (NAS: EQIX) , the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that The Priceline Group, a leader in global online hotel reservations, is leveraging Platform Equinix™ to scale its operations rapidly and meet the growing demands of the online travel industry. Through the utilization of a virtualized architecture in Equinix’s DC6 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Ashburn, Virginia, Priceline has reduced its server count by 40 percent and achieved a 50 percent reduction in power consumption since deploying at Equinix. As a result of the deployment, Priceline has also improved its response time significantly.

Highlights / Key Facts

  • Prior to turning to Equinix, one of Priceline’s two U.S. infrastructure deployments was housed in a Tier 1+ colocation facility that had a number of limitations including a lack of key redundancy features, required power density and a peering fabric.
  • Priceline needed to expand its infrastructure to continue to scale its business and wanted a modern data center facility that offered geographic separation from its existing site. The company was looking for a provider with a Tier 3 or better rating, carrier neutrality with access to …read more
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Platform Equinix Provides Priceline with Significant Improvements in Response Time and Scaling

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Platform Equinix Provides Priceline with Significant Improvements in Response Time and Scaling


Global online travel leader reduces server count and power consumption while expanding infrastructure

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Equinix, Inc. (NAS: EQIX) , the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that The Priceline Group, a leader in global online hotel reservations, is leveraging Platform Equinix™ to scale its operations rapidly and meet the growing demands of the online travel industry. Through the utilization of a virtualized architecture in Equinix’s DC6 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Ashburn, Virginia, Priceline has reduced its server count by 40 percent and achieved a 50 percent reduction in power consumption since deploying at Equinix. As a result of the deployment, Priceline has also improved its response time significantly.

Highlights / Key Facts

  • Prior to turning to Equinix, one of Priceline’s two U.S. infrastructure deployments was housed in a Tier 1+ colocation facility that had a number of limitations including a lack of key redundancy features, required power density and a peering fabric.
  • Priceline needed to expand its infrastructure to continue to scale its business and wanted a modern data center facility that offered geographic separation from its existing site. The company was looking for a provider with a Tier 3 or better rating, carrier neutrality with access to the top telecommunication players and the ability to develop internet peering relationships.
  • Platform Equinix provides Priceline with a global footprint of IBX data centers, and the ability to connect with partners and customers via Equinix’s business ecosystems and a global marketplace. Together these components help Priceline accelerate its business by safeguarding its infrastructure, improving performance and enabling peering with the widest variety of partners.
  • Priceline is also deployed with Equinix in London and is currently migrating to a large suite in Equinix’s newest IBX in Slough.
  • The Priceline Group includes Booking.com, priceline.com, Agoda.com and Rentalcars.com and provides online travel services to more than 180 countries in Europe, North America, South America, the Asia-Pacific region, …read more
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Equinix Signs Agreement for New Data Center in Singapore

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Equinix Signs Agreement for New Data Center in Singapore

Agreement signed with Mapletree Industrial Trust to develop new data center to meet security requirements for financial customers in Singapore

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, and Mapletree Industrial Trust (SGX: ME8U), a leading industrial real estate investment trust listed in Singapore, today announced plans to build Equinix’s third International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Singapore. The new data center will further extend Platform Equinix™ to meet strong demand for premium interconnection and data center services in Singapore from financial and cloud companies.

The new Singapore IBX will be located in close proximity to Equinix’s existing SG1 data center at one-north. Both data centers will be interconnected through a dedicated fiber network, allowing customers in SG1 to expand their business within the Equinix platform. The new IBX will also meet the changing security requirements for financial customers including compliance with guidelines set by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in July 2012.

Scheduled to launch in the second half of 2014, the new IBX data center will provide approximately 385,000 square feet of gross floor area and 5,000 cabinets over multiple phases, significantly expanding Equinix’s presence in Singapore to better meet customer demand.

“Singapore is growing in importance as a cloud hub for the region. Global and multinational companies have seen Singapore as a gateway for diverse connectivity to the other Asia Pacific markets,” said Clement Goh, managing director of Equinix South Asia. “Equinix is committed to catering to the increasing demand for data center and interconnection services in Singapore. Our new data center will help our financial and cloud customers drive new business and collaboration opportunities, improve performance and reduce operational cost with low latency and high proximity.”

“We are pleased to work with Equinix as it achieves another milestone with the development of its third IBX data center in Singapore. The commitment from Equinix demonstrates its confidence in MIT‘s development capabilities in customizing high specification industrial facilities. This collaboration allows Equinix to focus on its core business while MIT manages the capital expenditure and development process,” said Tham Kuo Wei, chief executive officer of Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd., the manager of MIT.

This is MIT‘s second data center development and the second build-to-suit project secured in the financial year ending 31 March 2013. The …read more
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Equinix Opens Second Seattle Data Center

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Equinix Opens Second Seattle Data Center

SE3 offers a gateway to Asia Pacific and supports growing demand for data center and interconnection services in Seattle metro area

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced the opening of its second International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in downtown Seattle. The new SE3 data center is adjacent to Equinix’s SE2 data center, which is located in the Westin Building carrier hotel, offering a natural expansion space for customers with existing deployments in this location.

Demand for data center and interconnection services is growing in the Seattle metro area from network and cloud service providers, and content and digital media companies. The SE3IBX offers these companies the opportunity to extend their footprints in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada while leveraging Platform Equinix™ to help fuel their business.

“Equinix provides some of the best facilities and operational support out there, which is critical in meeting our customers’ expectations,” said Jesse Proudman, CEO of leading cloud and hosting services company Blue Box. “With our newly deployed infrastructure in SE3, we have no doubt that the network proximity and growth opportunities that Equinix’s ecosystem offers will further solidify our competitive edge.”

The new IBX will add approximately 51,000 square feet of data center space and capacity for more than 1,000 cabinet equivalents to Equinix’s presence in the Seattle market. Among the most connected data centers in the Seattle area, SE3 offers direct connectivity to the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX). SE3 is a purpose-built site that offers 24-hour operations and security as well as physical features such as a dedicated loading dock, freight elevator, and state-of-the-art amenities. SE3 customers will also have access to the Equinix Marketplace to identify potential customers and partners from among the 4,000 ecosystem participants offering a range of services inside Equinix data centers.

“The Seattle market is an important communications hub for the Pacific Northwest and a distribution point for IP traffic to Asia Pacific. With SE3, we can offer the many cloud, network and digital content companies in Seattle the ability to directly connect with their customers and partners in order to improve application performance and generate new revenue opportunities,” said Charles Meyers, president of the Americas for Equinix.

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