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Equinix

Operates data centers and interconnection facilities around the world where companies house computing equipment and connect networks.

InfrastructureData centers
What it does

Operates data centers and interconnection facilities around the world where companies house computing equipment and connect networks.

Why it matters

It provides the neutral, carrier-dense real estate that lets AI companies and clouds deploy computing capacity close to customers and to each other.

How it makes money

Charges customers for data-center colocation space, power and network interconnection services.

Geography

United States

AI stack position

Data centers and physical infrastructure. The buildings, land, cooling systems, backup power and electrical equipment that physically house AI computing. Every AI model has to run somewhere — these companies build and operate the real-world facilities that make that possible.

Competitors

Connections (7)

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Current relationships (6)

Equinix jointly offers AI inference services with Together AI
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Equinix, NVIDIA and Together AI announced a joint offering to provide open-model AI inference services to enterprise customers, with Equinix supplying colocation infrastructure and Together AI supplying the inference platform.

Source: 2026-09-02 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating collaboration as of September 2026

Limits: Describes a newly announced joint go-to-market offering; does not establish revenue, customer volume, or exclusivity.

Equinix Accelerates AI Inference for Enterprises with NVIDIA and Together AI ↗
Equinix deploys NVIDIA-based AI infrastructure with NVIDIA
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Equinix, Cisco and NVIDIA announced an expanded collaboration to deploy Cisco Secure AI Factory reference architectures built on NVIDIA technology across Equinix's global data center footprint, including a joint test lab with Presidio.

Source: 2026-06-16 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating collaboration as of June 2026

Limits: Describes a technology and go-to-market collaboration, not a supply contract, revenue figures, or exclusivity between the two companies.

Equinix Collaborates with Cisco and NVIDIA to Deploy Secure AI Factories Across Global Data Center Footprint ↗
Equinix partners with Cisco Systems
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Equinix is deploying Cisco's 'Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA' architecture across its global data center footprint, providing the interconnection density, specialized power and advanced cooling the solution requires, announced June 16, 2026.

Source: 2026-06-16 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish number or location of deployed sites, financial terms, or exclusivity; NVIDIA supplied only reference architectures to the collaboration.

Equinix Collaborates with Cisco and NVIDIA to Deploy Secure AI Factories Across Global Data Center Footprint ↗
Equinix provides data center infrastructure to Groq
Provides infrastructure toCurrent
Groq's May 28, 2025 newsroom post identifies Equinix as the data center partner hosting a Groq inference facility in Dallas (alongside a separate DataBank facility in Houston).

Source: 2025-05-28 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Confirms colocation at an Equinix facility; does not disclose contract value, capacity (MW) or contract duration.

Groq newsroom: sovereign, fast AI inference infrastructure ↗
Equinix provides interconnection infrastructure to Amazon Web Services
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Equinix hosts AWS Direct Connect (dedicated and hosted connections up to 100Gbps) and Fabric Cloud Router inside its data centers across 45+ markets, letting customers establish private, direct connections to AWS.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes interconnection infrastructure only; does not establish revenue, exclusivity, or the volume of AWS traffic carried.

AWS Direct Connect | Global Interconnection Platform | Equinix ↗
Equinix partners with Oracle
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Equinix hosts Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect on-ramps and Oracle Exadata systems inside its data centers via Equinix Fabric and Fabric Cloud Router, enabling private hybrid-cloud connectivity to OCI across at least seven regions.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Describes interconnection/hosting infrastructure only; does not establish revenue, exclusivity, or which specific Oracle customers use this connectivity.

Oracle Exadata & Hybrid Cloud Interconnection Solution | Equinix ↗

Comparisons (1)

Equinix competes with Digital Realty
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A 2026 market report identifies Equinix and Digital Realty as the dominant players in the $46.84B (2026) US data center colocation market -- Equinix leading in retail colocation and Digital Realty in wholesale colocation -- alongside Iron Mountain, QTS and others.

Source: 2026-04-30 · reviewed 2026-09-22

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Reflects third-party market segmentation, not a claim by either company; does not give individual market-share percentages or imply any commercial relationship between the two.

United States Data Center Colocation Databook Report 2026: $72.37 Bn Market Led by Equinix and Digital Realty ↗
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Equinix company overview ↗
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