Equinix

Equinix, Inc. is an American data center and colocation operator headquartered in Redwood City, California. The company was founded in 1998 by Jay Adelson and Al Avery. Its business centers on colocating customer equipment in International Business Exchange (IBX) facilities and on interconnection services that link enterprises, network operators and cloud providers. In January 2015 the company converted into a real estate investment trust (REIT). Its shares are listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol EQIX and are a component of the S&P 500 index. As of 2025 the company operated around 260 data centers across 33 countries on five continents. Revenue for 2025 was approximately USD 9.22 billion, with a workforce exceeding 13,000 people. Key services include IBX colocation, the Equinix Fabric interconnection platform and the Equinix Metal bare-metal service.