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Equinix, Inc. is an American public corporation that provides carrier-neutral data centers and Internet exchanges to enable interconnection. The company offers colocation and interconnection solutions and related services to enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and 1,100+ network service providers worldwide. Equinix data centers are also home to more than 500 cloud service providers, and the company operates the Equinix Cloud Exchange, a service enabled by a proprietary software that allows customers to connect to multiple clouds simultaneously.
Equinix operates 145+ data centers (which it calls "International Business Exchanges" – IBXs) across 40 major metropolitan areas in 15 countries on five continents. The company touts its broad geographic reach as a key differentiator, saying it allows its customers to place equipment in close proximity to employees, customers, partners and population centers. The company's Performance Hub offering enables customers to place corporate IT resources near large user populations in data centers connected to many networks and clouds.
The company has its headquarters in Redwood City, California, United States. Equinix reported 2015 revenues of $2.73 billion and is the leading global colocation data center by market share.