REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and
RIO de JANEIRO, March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company,
today announced it is expanding its Rio de Janeiro data center
known as RJ2. This new phase of expansion is scheduled to open in
Q3 of this year and will enable Equinix to continue to meet strong
customer demand for data center and interconnection services
in this rapidly growing region.
Highlights / Key Facts
- Equinix invested $24M to open the
RJ2 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in
September 2013, and will invest an
additional $17M in this new phase,
increasing capacity by 310 cabinets for a total of 630 cabinets.
Located in the northern area of Rio de
Janeiro, RJ2 is home to the densest concentration of the
country's largest network carriers and currently more than 1,500
companies are colocated in Equinix's facilities in Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janiero.
- Companies are also choosing Platform Equinix™ to support their
connectivity and interconnection needs across the region. XP
Investimentos, Brazil's largest
retail brokerage, colocated its IT infrastructure in Equinix data
centers in Rio, Sao Paulo and
Tambore. Decatron, a specialist in projects, supply,
implementation, IT management and optimization, has been a customer
since it outsourced its IT infrastructure in 2013 when RJ2
initially opened.
- Equinix provides the fastest IP traffic route from the United States to Brazil from its Miami data center, MI3, which
serves as a major communications gateway to the commercial centers
of Latin America. This offers a
number of benefits to customers, including direct connectivity to
the leading Latin American network operators for reduced latency,
and close proximity for serving Latin American markets while
maintaining infrastructure within the U.S. Additonally, Equinix has
established relationships with all major subsea cable operators
including Level 3, Telefonica, and Seaborn Networks, as well as
telecommunications companies serving Brazil, to deliver a seamless stream of global
data traffic in and out of the country.
- RJ2 was built to leverage sustainable and green data center
initiatives. Water and power consumption and carbon emissions were
priority issues for the development of the project. Installed
equipment uses fewer natural resources and the building has a
rainwater harvesting system which has saved at least 70 percent in
water consumption and 10 percent in power since doors initially
opened.
- This new phased build out of RJ2 is one of many expansions in
Equinix's growing global platform of more than 100 data centers.
Earlier this month Equinix announced that it is boosting
interconnection capacity by opening new data centers in five major
markets including London,
Melbourne, New York, Singapore and Toronto.
Quotes
- Edson Alves, business
coordinator, Decatron: "In addition to complementing our
business, Equinix follows a series of global quality standards,
which makes us much safer. The company also has a rich ecosystem of
partners that allows us to offer Decatron services to other
companies within the Equinix data center environment."
- Robert Lee, partner, XP
Investimentos: "In this industry it is common to hear that
'liquidity generates liquidity' and Equinix helps companies achieve
greater value by connecting them with other companies within a
business ecosystem. This colocation environment drives valuable
interconnections and growth while significantly lowering costs and
improving application performance."
- Eduardo Carvalho, managing director, Equinix Brazil:
"International demand is increasing since Equinix fully acquired
Alog last year. Many companies that are already customers in
other regions are looking to move into the Brazil market utilizing our global platform –
Platform Equinix. As a result, we are accelerating local
investments in order to meet this international and regional
demand. We already have 72 customers installed in the 320 cabinets
of the first phase. The expansion will nearly double capacity – and
we expect to keep up with this accelerated pace."
Additional Resources
- Press release: GlobeNet Opens Fastest US – Brazil IP Traffic
Route Via Platform Equinix
- Press release: Equinix adds data centers in Brazil
- Press release: Equinix Continues to Progress on Green Data
Center Initiatives
- Infographic: What makes RJ2 the best option for your
business
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 33 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,
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