Equinix to Cut Ribbon at ITW 5K Charity Run

May 8, 2013

CHICAGO, Ill. — May 8, 2013— Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, announced today that Sara Baack, CMO, will be cutting the starting line ribbon at the International Telecom Week's annual 5K run, taking place on Wednesday, May 15thin Chicago. Baack will be joined by iBasis's CEO, Willem Offerhaus, at the starting line festivities.

Proceeds from the run benefit Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), the world's leading nonprofit organization in emergency telecommunications, whose aim is to set up critical communications facilities in conflict and national disaster zones around the world.

Capacity Media organizes this run with TSF at other shows worldwide, but this is the first year that they are bringing the event to the United States and to ITW.

About Equinix

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), connects more than4,000 companies directly to their customers and partners inside the world’smost networked data centers. Today, businesses leverage the Equinixinterconnection platform in 31 strategic markets across the Americas, EMEA andAsia-Pacific. www.equinix.com

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