Equinix, Inc.
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Equinix, Inc.
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Company History
Founded 1998 in Redwood City, California
Equinix was founded in 1998 by Jay Adelson and Al Avery to build neutral internet exchange data centers. It later became a global colocation leader and converted to REIT status.
Jay Adelson and Al Avery found Equinix to build neutral internet exchange data centers.
Equinix goes public during the internet infrastructure buildout.
Equinix expands through acquisitions and new data-center metros.
Equinix completes its REIT conversion, aligning the business with digital infrastructure real estate economics.
Equinix expands hyperscale-oriented xScale data-center development.
Adaire Fox-Martin becomes Chief Executive Officer as Charles Meyers moves to Executive Chairman.
Equinix reports $9.217B in 2025 revenue and 13,716 employees.
Equinix acquired Bit-island, a major data center operator in Japan, in a massive strategic bet to establish a dominant footprint in the world’s third-largest economy. The acquisition provided the physical network and customer contracts required to build a dominant interconnection ecosystem in the Asia-Pacific region, securing critical points for the global financial and cloud markets.
Equinix acquired Metronode, a leading data center provider in Australia, to instantly establish a dominant footprint in the high-growth Asia-Pacific market. The acquisition provided the physical network and customer contracts required to build a dominant interconnection ecosystem in the region, securing critical points for the global cloud and enterprise markets.
Equinix traces its origins to 1998, with Jay Adelson and Al Avery tied to the founding story.
REIT conversion and cloud ecosystem growth made Equinix a core digital-infrastructure landlord.
Equinix expanded by building colocation, interconnection, data-center capacity, bare metal, edge services, and digital infrastructure tools, serving cloud providers, networks, enterprises, financial firms, content platforms, and technology companies, and using global metro density, interconnection, hyperscale joint ventures, power capacity, and enterprise cloud connectivity.
This Equinix history page covers founding, growth milestones, leadership changes, and modern strategic context.