LONDON, April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company,
today officially opened its sixth London data center, LD6, in
Slough.
With $79M of capital expenditure
invested, the LD6 International Business Exchange™
(IBX®) facility will provide new paths in and out of
Europe's largest financial center
and new collaboration, innovation and business acceleration
opportunities for companies establishing or expanding their
technology footprint in London.
Strengthened by recent data center openings in New York,
Melbourne, Singapore, Toronto, and now LD6 in London, Equinix is fuelling a new wave of
growth for enterprises worldwide. Leveraging Equinix's portfolio of
cloud and network service providers, which includes Microsoft
Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud, customers can
deploy data networks and services rapidly, and at scale, on a
secure and flexible basis. By harnessing these opportunities,
Equinix is playing a major role in advancing the digital economy's
interconnected era and businesses are benefitting from the global
potential to develop new products, services and revenue
streams.
Setting new standards in security and efficiency, LD6 is the
UK's only purpose built Leadership in Energy & Environmental
Design (LEED) gold-accredited energy efficient data center. Built
from scratch, LD6 has been tailored to provide an
ultra-energy-efficient base on which customers can accelerate their
business.
Energy efficiency has been achieved at the site with the aid of
an innovative air system, which utilizes mass air cooling
technology with indirect heat exchange and 100 percent natural
ventilation. This will contribute to LD6 having lower energy
consumption and a smaller carbon footprint than other facilities of
its kind.
Highlights / Key Facts
- London holds a significant
place in driving the digital economy with the fifth largest GDP by
metropolitan area in the world[1]. Equinix's
London Slough data center campus has been established as one of the
premiere connectivity points for businesses to interconnect with
one another in a secure colocation environment. The opening of LD6
in London is driven by steady
demand for services at one of the UK's fastest-growing data center
campuses – the Equinix London Slough campus. The facility has broad
appeal because it houses LINX, one of the world's largest Internet
Exchanges and serves as a virtual financial center housing over 170
financial services companies, with a quarter of European equities
trades originating inside Equinix.
- The opening of LD6 continues the steady expansion of Equinix's
global interconnection platform – Platform Equinix™. Equinix has
invested more than $7.5 billion over
the last 16 years and LD6 represents a critical access point for
European businesses into Equinix's global footprint of more than
100 data centers across 33 markets.
- The initial phase of LD6 is 236,000 square feet (8,000 square
meters) and adds capacity for 1,385 cabinets with the ability to
add another 1,385 cabinets in phase two. Once phase two is
complete, the Equinix London Slough campus will provide more than
388,000 square feet (36,000 square meters) of net premium
colocation space interconnected by more than 1,000 diverse dark
fiber links, increasing scale and resilience. This campus
environment allows for quick access to other ecosystem participants
across facilities. Additionally, with six data center sites
strategically located throughout central London, Equinix provides businesses increased
options for business continuity and disaster recovery.
- With over 90 network service providers and access to a range of
transatlantic cables, the London Slough campus is one of the
busiest network nodes in the UK, and offers latency in the region
of 30 milliseconds to New York and
4 milliseconds to Frankfurt,
making it an ideal high-performance hub for cloud and content
service provision.
- Enterprises will have access to major cloud providers located
in the London campus via Equinix
Cloud Exchange™ including Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud
Platform, Available to customers in the London metro area, Cloud Exchange provides
enterprises with secure, direct, flexible connections to a wide
range of cloud service providers in 20 markets worldwide.
- Colocation inside Equinix IBX's and access to a vast portfolio
of cloud and network service providers, allows customers to rapidly
deploy IT infrastructure with global scale, on a secure and
flexible basis. Businesses are benefitting from the ability to
develop new applications, products and services with increased time
to market with Platform Equinix.
- LD6 is one of the few Equinix data centers to be built from
scratch. This freedom in design and development has enabled Equinix
to optimize efficiency from both an environmental and an
operational perspective.
Quotes
- Matt Stagg, senior manager,
Network Strategy, EE:
"In 2017, 4G will be predominately a video distribution
network – globally, a billion gigabytes will go across mobile
networks each month. Strategically, we need to have a data center
provider, to connect to the top video providers, that understands
this growth, and has a roadmap to support it – Equinix meets this
need. The launch of LD6 as part of the Equinix London Slough campus
brings this roadmap into reality."
- Julian David, CEO
techUK:
"The addition of LD6 to the Equinix London campus is another
sign of the growth and opportunity presented by the UK technology
sector. The decision by Equinix, and many other global companies,
to invest in the UK is further evidence of the crucial role of this
country as a hub for technology innovation, services and
talent."
- Russell Poole, managing
director, Equinix UK:
"LD6 is one of the most technically advanced data centers in
the UK. It has been designed to ensure that we can continue to
provide state-of-the-art colocation for our current and future
customers. This latest addition to our thriving London campus sets new standards in efficiency
and sustainability."
Additional Resources
- Equinix Accelerates Interconnected Era with Global Launch of
Five New Data Centers [Press release]
- History of Interconnection – part 4 [blog]
- Platform Equinix Drives Business Innovation [video]
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 worldwide, Equinix is where companies come together to
realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and
cloud strategies. http://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.
[1] "Global city GDP rankings 2008–2025".
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