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Equinix Expands In Ashburn

Carrier Hotels Staff Posted Apr 22, 2004

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Equinix has signed a long-term lease for 95,000 square feet of space to expand its data center in Ashburn, Va., the company said today.

The space is adjacent to the company's existing 180,000 square foot facility in Ashburn, and the addition will make the Equinix site one of the largest data facilities in the Northern Virginia Internet corridor.

The expansion is the latest in a series of industry announcements reflecting resurgent interest in data center services, including expansions by IBM and Qwest.

"We are seeing a tremendous amount of customer demand for our Internet hubs and exchange services in the Washington D.C. market," said Peter Van Camp, CEO of Equinix. "With our existing D.C. center approaching 60 percent utilization, this new expansion gives us additional capacity to take advantage of this momentum with minimal capital investment."

Equinix intends to begin placing customers in the center by November 1. The Foster City, Calif. provider said it will invest approximately $5.0 million to make additional infrastructure enhancements to the new space.

In addition to its expanded Washington D.C. area facility, Equinix also operates IBX centers in the New York, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Honolulu, Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong and Tokyo areas. Today's announcement expands Equinix's global footprint to more than 1.3 million square feet in five countries.