Equinix Opens SY5 Sydney Data Centre to Expand National Footprint By Sasha Karen November 13, 2019 Data centre operator Equinix has opened its eighth international business exchange (IBX) data centre in Sydney, SY5, and is already hosting infrastructure for other businesses. The Alexandria-based data centre is the operator’s largest in Australia to date and contains [...]
Crosslake Fibre Goes Live with New Toronto – New York Network Crosslake Fibre Press Release October 22, 2019 Toronto and New Jersey – Crosslake Fibre announces today that the first new fibre-optic cable constructed between Toronto and New York in almost two decades is complete and has entered commercial service. The diverse, ultra-low latency route [...]
Google Selects Equinix for Curie Subsea Cable Landing Station Equinix Press Release February 7, 2019 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that Google has selected Equinix for its Los Angeles area cable landing station (CLS) supporting the Curie subsea cable system, the first subsea cable to Chile [...]
Equinix Announces Build of New Data Center in Helsinki Equinix Press Release November 29, 2018 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and HELSINKI -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced it will build a new International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Helsinki, Finland. The data center – called HE7 – will [...]
Equinix to Spend $15m on PE2 Data Center Fitout By Ry Crozier, iTnews August 23, 2018 Equinix is committing US$11 million ($15 million) to expand the PE2 data centre in Perth that it acquired from Metronode as part of a $1 billion deal at the end of last year. The data centre operator said it [...]
Spotlight on Asia Regional Cable Systems By Andrew Oon July 24, 2018 A Data Center Perspective It has been a roller-coaster ride over the past 20 years, which is almost one design lifespan of a cable system. In SubTel Forum Issue 100, Stephen Nielsen described the despondent state of the submarine cable industry in 2001, [...]
Equinix And Omantel Enter Agreement To Build New Equinix Data Center In Oman Equinix Press Release July 6, 2018 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and MUSCAT, Oman, - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, and Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel, a MSM listed company: OTEL), announced the companies have entered into a joint venture [...]
Equinix To Connect Vocus Subsea Cable In Australia And Singapore By Sam Varghese, ITWire June 14, 2018 Interconnection and data centre company Equinix has announced that the Australia Singapore Cable, owned by Vocus, will be accessible in its International Business Exchange date centres in Singapore and six Australian metropolitan cities. The latter will include the [...]
Equinix Closes Metronode Acquisition To Become Market Leader In Australia Equinix Press Release April 18, 2018 REDWOOD CITY, California - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data centers company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Metronode, a leading data center provider operating facilities throughout Australia. The acquisition makes Equinix the market leader [...]
Vocus Updating Networks Ahead Of ASC By Corinne Reichert, ZDNet January 22, 2018 Vocus has announced that it will be upgrading its core domestic networks infrastructure to deliver an additional 8Tbps of capacity between Sydney, Perth, and Melbourne ahead of its Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) becoming ready for service. "We're expecting immediate network activity when [...]
