Equinix, Inc. is an American data center and colocation company headquartered in Redwood City, California, founded in 1998 to operate neutral internet exchange facilities where multiple networks could connect to each other. It grew into the largest data center colocation provider in the world by revenue, leasing data center space and interconnection services to cloud providers, network operators and enterprises across dozens of countries, and it converted to a real estate investment trust in 2015.
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Company TypeInternet and data center company; converted to a real estate investment trust (REIT) in January 2015 1 Founded Year HeadquartersRedwood City, California, United States 1 Connections
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Equinix, Inc., was founded in 1998 by Al Avery and Jay Adelson, who were two facilities managers at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
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Equinix Inc., is an American multinational internet and data center company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
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It specialized in internet connectivity and data center colocation centers, commonly known as carrier hotels, until the company converted to a real estate investment trust (REIT) in January 2015.
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