Equinix’s New Data Centre Positions Perth as a Digital Gateway to Global Markets

SYDNEY, Australia – December 9, 2021 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company™, today opened a new International Business Exchange^TM (IBX^®) data centre in Perth, Australia, named PE3. With an initial investment of US$54 million (approximately A$71.7 million), PE3 is the company’s 18^th IBX in Australia and strengthens Perth’s position as the digital gateway between Australia, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.

Perth is a strategic part of Australia’s internet infrastructure due to its proximity to Southeast Asia and direct connectivity with Asia-Pacific, European, Middle East and Africa regions via subsea cables. As the alternative path from Sydney for redundancy and a faster route to key global markets, Perth is a strategic location for global cloud, network and over-the-top (OTT) providers, as well as Australian governments, mining and the resources sectors.

Perth is undergoing accelerated digital transformation over the past 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and most recently the Digital Strategy announced by the Western Australian Government.[1] In September 2021, the West Australian State Government recorded a $5.6 billion surplus, pledging to spend on health, infrastructure, housing and climate change as part of its 2021-22 State Budget. This included $500m to upgrade its digital technology infrastructure over the next four years. [2] PE3 meets the growing demand for private low-latency connectivity in Western Australia and provides access to the digital infrastructure building blocks organisations need to support their digital transformation journeys.

Highlights / Key Facts

• The PE3 IBX is located adjacent to the PE2 IBX approximately 22 kilometres (13 miles) from Perth Airport, with a secure link bridge connecting the two facilities. The first phase of PE3 provides an initial capacity of approximately 700 cabinets and a colocation space of more than 1,830 square metres (approximately 38,600 square feet). When fully built, PE3 will offer 1,650 cabinets and a colocation space of more than 10,600 square metres (approximately 114,200 square feet).
• The Equinix campus in Perth provides direct access to multiple subsea cables, including the Australian Singapore Cable (ASC) and Indigo Cable systems. In addition, the Oman Australia Cable (OAC) connecting Perth to Muscat through Platform Equinix^® will be the first express submarine network to link Australia and the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region when complete in the second quarter of 2022.
• Interconnected with Equinix’s existing facilities in Australia, PE3 provides customers with access to more than 1,000 organisations, including 215 networks and 395 cloud providers, who utilize Platform Equinix in Australia to address the rising demand from digital leaders that need essential digital infrastructure to ensure future business success.
• The PE3 IBX provides a wide range of interconnection solutions, including Equinix Fabric^TM , an on-demand, SDN-enabled interconnection service that allows enterprises to connect between its own distributed infrastructure and any other company’s distributed infrastructure, including some of the world’s largest network service and cloud providers on Platform Equinix. This enables customers in Perth to set up direct connectivity with international and local cloud service providers in Australia including Alibaba, AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, SAP Cloud and IBM Cloud, as well as major network service providers like Telstra, Optus and Vocus.
• As part of its commitment to reaching 100% renewable energy and achieving Science-Based Target and global climate neutrality by 2030, Equinix is actively increasing and expanding its renewable energy commitment. In August 2021, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) granted authorisation for a joint renewable energy purchasing group led by Equinix, where applicants will pool their demand and collectively tender and negotiate to purchase power from a solar or wind electricity generation facility in Australia.
• Equinix Australia data centres are certified to meet rigorous environmental and energy management standards. PE3 has adopted a number of green features and measures, including motion-activated LED lights, high temperature chilled water set points, DCIM and Adaptive Control Systems, as well as cold/hot aisle containment to reduce the consumption of resources.
• With the addition of PE3, Equinix has a national footprint of 18 IBX data centres across Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, and Brisbane. In Asia-Pacific, Equinix operates 51 IBX data centres across 13 metros in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Globally, Platform Equinix comprises more than 235 data centres across 65 metros and 27 countries, providing data centre and interconnection services for more than 10,000 of the world’s leading businesses.

Quotes

• Rebecca Brown, Director General, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI), WA Government

 “JTSI’s Invest and Trade WA team welcomes Equinix’s investment in the State and the positioning of Perth’s growing importance as a digital gateway to global markets.  Invest and Trade WA looks forward continuing to work with Equinix as the State develops a thriving local technology industry.”

• Malcolm DeSilva, Head of State and Group Owner, Mining and Energy, Telstra

“The past two years has seen greater demand for low-latency, high performance applications, resulting in significant increases in traffic on networks and subsea cables. In today’s environment, our partnership with Equinix is essential to getting edge compute as close to our customers as possible, improving the customer experience and helping them pursue a digital-first strategy. Perth is a strategic digital gateway into and out of Australia. The opening of PE3 presents more collaboration opportunities for us to grow in the fast-developing Perth market.”

• James Reid, Executive Director, CorpCloud

“CorpCloud is excited to see continued investment from Equinix to expand its digital infrastructure in Western Australia. The opening of Equinix’s third data centre in Perth will enable us to further support the continued acceleration of digitalisation among businesses with our unified cloud and telecommunications solutions. Critical infrastructure like PE3 will provide the essential digital building blocks we need to develop transformative technology pathways for our customers.”

• Guy Danskine, Managing Director, Equinix Australia

“The opening of our 18^th IBX in Australia is another significant milestone for Equinix. The West Australian market has experienced substantial growth driven by the acceleration of digital transformation across industries. Digital leaders are increasingly coming to Equinix to access all the necessary essential infrastructure required to create a digital advantage. With continued investment in subsea cables, Perth is becoming a key gateway for digital expansion and collaboration into Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, enabling our customers and partners to expand into new regions, countries and metros around the world.”

Additional Resources

• A Look Inside Equinix’s Third Perth Data Center [blog post]
• Equinix to Provide Connectivity Hubs for Subsea Cable Carrying Data Between Australia and the Middle East [press release]
• Perth Data Centres [website]
• Perth’s Technology Potential [video]
• Perth’s Future is Digital [video]
• Perth Accelerates Digital Infrastructure in Australia [blog post]
• Global Interconnection Index Volume 5 [report]

About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.

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^® data centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products and solutions; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; a 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; risks related to our taxation as a REIT; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent Equinix 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. 

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