Jan. 29, 2002 -- Bucking industry trends, Equinix, Inc. today announced that it has opened a large new data center in Secaucus, N.J.
The 200,000 square foot facility is the company's seventh Internet Business Exchange (IBX) facility, and completes Equinix's network buildout. An existing IBX center in nearby Newark is nearly full.
The announcement caps a month in which Equinix has announced three significant new customers. The company has inked deals with France Telecom, the Hines real estate empire, and Big Pipe, the fiber backbone division of Canadian broadband leader Shaw Communications.
The Secaucus IBX center will offer network hookups with AT&T, WorldCom and Verizon, and expands Equinix' offerings in the New York metro market.
"We expect the Secaucus IBX center to become a core hub for Internet operations,'' said Peter Van Camp, chairman and CEO of Equinix. "Since opening our Newark IBX center in 2000, Equinix has experienced solid demand for strategic Internet exchange services as companies seek to leverage the reliability, scalability and cost benefits of Equinix services."
The new center brings Equinix's total footprint to over 800,000 square feet nationwide, and completes the company's fully-funded IBX build-out plan. In addition to its two New Jersey facilities, Equinix operates IBX centers in the Washington, D.C., Silicon Valley, Chicago, Los Angeles and Dallas areas.
Equinix provides network services to ISPs, bandwidth providers and infrastructure services providers. Equinix provides network services to ISPs, bandwidth providers and infrastructure services providers.