REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital
infrastructure company™, today opened a new International Business
Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Frankfurt, Germany. Located in the west of the
city, the new site, named FR8, helps Equinix meet the growing need
for private connectivity and digital infrastructure in Germany, and supports enterprises across all
sectors with their digital transformation journeys.
Equinix has invested a total of $103
million in the new build. The first phase of the site, which
opens today, adds 4,800 m² to the company's colocation space. This
offers customers direct access to a global digital ecosystem of
more than 10,000 companies across a wide range of industries, as
well as networks, clouds and services through which they can
interconnect and innovate to ensure future business success.
Customers can leverage a broad range of interconnection and
colocation services at the carrier-neutral FR8. These include the
software-defined Equinix Fabric™ service, which enables enterprises
to quickly and flexibly connect to leading cloud and network
providers globally; and Network Edge, with which customers can
virtually modernize networks. The automated bare metal service
Equinix Metal™ is also available through the Frankfurt campus, allowing customers to
configure and provision physical infrastructure within
minutes.
"Frankfurt is not only a
European financial capital, but also one of the world's leading
data hubs," said Jens-Peter Feidner,
Managing Director, Germany,
Equinix. "With the accelerated digitization manifesting across
industries, the need for computing power and private connectivity
has also increased. Data centers are an essential part of the
digital economy, providing the fundamental infrastructure through
which businesses, clouds and services interconnect to innovate and
succeed. The sustainable expansion and operation of this
infrastructure is a key concern for us; FR8 not only provides
customers with a high-performance IT infrastructure, but also one
that aims to be as efficient and climate-friendly as
possible."
FR8 has been designed with the aim to meet the highest
sustainability and efficiency standards. Like all new Equinix
builds in Frankfurt, the data
center will have a greened facade and roof. This measure helps the
building blend into the cityscape and also positively contributes
towards the local microclimate. Equinix is the first in its
industry to commit to the goal of achieving global climate-neutral
business operations by 2030 based on science-based targets (SBTs),
and is a founding member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre
Operator Pact, which reinforces this goal at a European level. As
with all Equinix sites in Germany,
the new data center is powered with 100% renewable
energy—guaranteed by a green power certificate from local supplier,
Mainova.
According to the 2020-21 Global Tech Trends Survey, published by
Equinix, sustainability is already one of the most important
business drivers for over 40% of companies surveyed in Germany (this figure is even higher globally,
at 54%).
"By colocating in data centers, customers can save on their own
hardware, reduce operating costs and improve the energy efficiency
of their digital infrastructure," explained Jennifer Ruch, Sustainability Director, Equinix.
"On a global scale, Equinix aims to continuously optimize its data
center design and invest in energy efficiency upgrades and new
technologies to further reduce CO2 emissions. One local example of
this is a joint pilot project with Darmstadt-based start-up
etalytics in Germany, which aims
to optimize the energy required for cooling data centers through
the use of artificial intelligence (AI)."
To date, Equinix has invested $1.6
billion in Germany with
facilities in Munich, Düsseldorf,
Frankfurt and Hamburg. Globally, the company has a network
of over 230 IBX data centers in 65 markets.
Additional Quote
- Eugene Bergen Henegouwen, President, EMEA, Equinix:
"Direct access to clouds, partners and digital
services is essential for businesses to survive in the digital
economy. With the new FR8 data center, we are again expanding our
presence at the strategically important Frankfurt campus, offering our customers
additional capacity and interconnection options that will allow
them to implement their digitization on the foundation of a highly
efficient infrastructure. We expect
the sustainability measures taken in this context
will make a valuable contribution to achieving climate neutrality
by 2030."
Additional Resources
- Equinix Sets 2030 Global Climate-Neutral Target [Press
Release]
- Equinix Joins European Cloud and Data Center Providers to Make
Historic Pledge Towards Climate Neutrality by 2030 [Press
Release]
- Learn more about Equinix's Sustainability Initiatives
[Website]
- Equinix 2020-21 Global Tech Trends Survey [Ebook]
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the
world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to
harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the
foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix
enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners
and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix,
they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services,
deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
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 data centers and developing, deploying and
delivering Equinix products and solutions, unanticipated costs or
difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have
acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive
significant revenues from customers in recently built out or
acquired data centers; a 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; risks related to our taxation as a REIT; and other risks
described from time to time in Equinix filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent
Equinix 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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