Equinix

When our founders started Equinix, they envisioned a place where the information-driven world could grow and thrive. As we look to the future, we remain dedicated to the advancement of the information-driven world. As part of this dedication, we will:

• Protect, connect and power the digital economy;
• Constantly strive to evolve and share our industry insights with our customers;
• Continue to make necessary investments to expand and scale to our customers’ needs;
• Act upon industry trends that will affect our business and the businesses of our customers;
• Cultivate a rich, interconnected ecosystem of the top networks, carriers, cloud providers and business partners in the world.

Saving energy through green innovation

We constantly evaluate the energy efficiency of our data centers, and we’re quick to adopt proven energy-saving technologies or techniques on a global scale. For instance, systems that reduce power use by actively monitoring air flow are becoming standard technologies in our data centers. So are controls that optimize cold aisle temperature, chiller efficiency, chilled water flow and modern lighting systems. These and other green operational practices have helped us avoid using about 10,000 kilowatts annually—enough to power more than 8,000 U.S. homes for a year. To help us conserve even more energy in the coming years, we’ve set a target of 1.45 or lower for our design average power usage effectiveness (PUE), putting our new data centers on an aggressive path for efficiency improvement.

At Equinix, being “green” is just part of being operationally lean. We’re always looking for new ways to reduce energy and water use in our data centers, and many of our facilities have earned green certifications. We’ve also received the following awards in recognition of our environmentally sustainable business practices:

	2013 EU Code of Conduct Energy Efficiency Award Awarded to our AM3 IBX for adopting innovative technologies to improve data center energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption
	2012 DataCenterDynamics Award: Green Data Center Awarded for innovative cooling design in our AM3 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Amsterdam
	2014 Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award Awarded for leading the industry in the identification and implementation of green initiatives and meeting strict energy efficiency requirements in all leading markets in the Asia-Pacific region

Join The Equinix Team

We make the internet work faster, better, and more reliably. We hire talented people who thrive on solving difficult problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, try new approaches, and grow in new directions. Work with us and shape the future of cloud and enterprise connectivity at one of the World's Most Innovative Companies (Forbes 2015). If you want to play a part in building a historically significant company, we want to meet you.

We embrace our responsibility for equal opportunity in employment by demonstrating respect for each employee's unique background and capabilities.

1) Telecity acquisition cleared

Our deal to acquire Telecity was cleared by European regulators and is on track to close in early 2016. The acquisition will remake the European data center market and establish Equinix as the region’s top interconnection provider. It adds 34 data centers to our global portfolio, giving us 145 facilities worldwide.

2) Expansion in Japan

When we acquired the Japanese data center company Bit-isle, we more than doubled the number of facilities we run in Japan, from five to 11. We also became that country’s fourth-largest data center operator.

3) 50 and counting 

We hit 50 straight quarters of revenue growth in Q2 – and we’ve since extended the streak to 51. The streak preceded, and then outlasted, one of the worst economic downturns of the last century.

4) Introducing “The Big Five”

The first months of 2015 saw Equinix open five new data centers on four continents. “The Big Five” expanded our presence in Singapore, London, New York and Toronto, while introducing Equinix to Melbourne, Australia.

5) “Obrigado” to ALOG

ALOG is now Equinix after we officially acquired the Brazilian data center company. The deal expanded our interconnection platform in Brazil, the second-largest IT market among the world’s emerging economies, trailing only China.

6) Hello to Nimbo

Our acquisition of professional services company Nimbo emphasized our commitment to the enterprise and to supporting its data center migration to the cloud. Nimbo specializes in helping enterprises develop and implement hybrid cloud IT architectures.

7) Envisioning the Enterprise of the Future

Our Enterprise of the Future survey of 1,000 IT global leaders made it clear that the future will be found in interconnection – direct and secure, physical or virtual connections between an enterprise and its customers, partners or employees. The survey indicates that the number of interconnected enterprises is set to more than double, to 84%, by 2017.

8) Call us a REIT

We converted to a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in a move that sped up our business momentum and gives us additional resources to enhance and expand our interconnection platform. Being a REIT comes with tax advantages and requires us to pay quarterly dividends, which is appealing to investors.

9) Introducing the IOA

We released a blueprint to help companies become interconnected enterprises called The Interconnection Oriented Architecture™ (IOA ™). An IOA shifts the fundamental IT delivery architecture from siloed and centralized to interconnected and distributed. It’s essential to meeting the requirements of today’s digital businesses.

10) Our S&P 500 debut

We debuted on the S&P 500 after years of interconnection leadership put us in the thick of evolving industry trends, including cloud, mobile and the Internet of Things. As Steve Smith said, our S&P 500 selection simply recognized the critical role we play in the broader technology industry.

11) A clean and renewable vow

We’ve made quick progress on this year’s commitment to eventually power our global platform with 100% clean and renewable energy. Two wind power purchase agreements and a deal with a solar project in California will allow us to cover more than 80% of our global platform by the end of 2016.