Equinix Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services 2025 Vendor Assessment

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Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services 2025 Vendor Assessment. The company was recognized for its comprehensive product portfolio, strategy, and focus on innovation in digital infrastructure services.

Key strengths highlighted include AI-ready infrastructure with liquid cooling capabilities, a diverse interconnection portfolio including Equinix Fabric spanning over 60 markets with 220+ cloud on-ramps, and extensive global reach across 76 metros in 36 countries. The company serves over 10,000 customers, including 60% of Fortune 500 companies, 2,000+ networks, and approximately 3,000 cloud and IT companies.

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• Recognition as Leader in IDC MarketScape assessment validates market position
• Extensive global presence across 76 metros in 36 countries
• Strong customer base including 60% of Fortune 500 companies
• Advanced AI-ready infrastructure with liquid cooling capabilities
• Comprehensive interconnection network with 220+ cloud on-ramps

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure company^®, has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc. #US52983725, August 2025) for its comprehensive product portfolio, strategy, and keen focus on innovation and continuous evolution to anticipate and meet the future requirements of its customer base. 

The IDC MarketScape assessment evaluates vendors offering colocation and interconnection services worldwide. It is based on current and future capabilities, with a view of presenting a comprehensive analysis of enterprise digital infrastructure requirements and milestones in the industry—looking at key factors including global reach, AI-ready infrastructure and interconnection capabilities.

"Equinix is a major and trusted player in the digital infrastructure space and very well-equipped to support enterprise requirements around global reach, hybrid multicloud connectivity and the growing need for AI-ready data centers," said Courtney Munroe, Research Vice President, Worldwide Telecommunications Research, IDC. "The company continues to demonstrate an acute focus on reliability, performance and innovation to meet the current and future requirements of its customer base, no matter where they are in the world."

The IDC MarketScape recognized Equinix's strengths in the following areas:  

• AI-ready infrastructure to support inference and training: According to the report, "Equinix's high-performance data centers are designed to support these high-density workloads, providing instant access to AI infrastructure, edge-to-cloud connectivity, neutral partner ecosystem and data privacy and compliance." The report also highlights that "Equinix has developed and commercially launched a standardized architecture for delivering liquid cooling, specifically designed to support customer deployments of high-density HPC and AI workloads."
  
  
• A diverse interconnection portfolio and ecosystem: The IDC MarketScape states that, "Equinix provides foundational infrastructure — datacenters, interconnection, and AI digital infrastructure services interconnecting a complex IT Infrastructure ecosystem." This includes "Equinix Fabric, which is a software-defined global interconnection backbone located at over 60 markets across the globe providing access to over 220 cloud on-ramps with the major cloud providers globally."
  
  
• Consistent experience and global reach: According to the report, "Equinix has a reputation as a reliable digital infrastructure provider with a consistent seamless experience across the globe." It also notes, "The company has a strong global footprint with a presence in the major markets of the Americas, EMEA, and Asia/Pacific regions and offers low-latency performance on its global platform with datacenters being located at the Metro Edge, in close proximity to end users."

Equinix's reach spans six continents, with data center facilities in 76 metros across 36 countries, enabling organizations to reach new markets, achieve low latency and address digital sovereignty requirements. The company serves more than 10,000 customers, including over 60% of Fortune 500 companies, over 2,000 networks, and approximately 3,000 cloud and IT companies. Through its diverse interconnection and multicloud networking portfolio, which includes Equinix Fabric^®, Fabric Cloud Router and Network Edge, the company offers direct access to dense ecosystems of networks, clouds and partners; provides virtual network functions at the edge; and continues to enhance its multicloud networking capabilities, enabling companies to move data into/out of and between clouds in a software-defined manner.

"We're honored to be recognized as a Leader in the latest IDC MarketScape on Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services for the fourth time," says Brian Stein, Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Products and Services, Equinix. "With the rapid growth of AI, digital infrastructure providers are critical in enabling companies to be at the forefront of innovation while ensuring long-term sustainability. Equinix sits at the center of these foundational technology shifts—enabling hybrid multicloud and accelerating AI journeys. As part of this evolution, we are now seeing customers utilize Equinix's high-performance data centers for distributed AI to meet performance, connectivity, cooling and privacy requirements, while also gaining the flexibility to take advantage of other emerging technologies to support future business needs."

Additional Resources

• IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services 2025 Vendor Assessment, #US52983725, August 2025 [Analyst report]
• IDC: Growth in AI Agents Will Require an Edge Inferencing Strategy [White paper]
• 3 Reasons AI Inference Belongs at the Metro Edge [Blog]
• Learn more about AI-ready data centers [Web page]

About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers. 

About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) shortens the path to boundless connectivity anywhere in the world. Its digital infrastructure, data center footprint and interconnected ecosystems empower innovations that enhance our work, life and planet. Equinix connects economies, countries, organizations and communities, delivering seamless digital experiences and cutting-edge AI—quickly, efficiently and everywhere.

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, risks to our business and operating results related to the current inflationary environment; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; stock price fluctuations; increased costs to procure power and the general volatility in the global energy market; the challenges of building and operating IBX^® and xScale^® data centers, including those related to sourcing suitable power and land, and any supply chain constraints or increased costs of supplies; the challenges of 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; 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; risks related to regulatory inquiries or litigation; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent and upcoming 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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FAQ

What recognition did Equinix (EQIX) receive in the IDC MarketScape 2025 assessment?

Equinix was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter Colocation Services 2025 Vendor Assessment, recognized for its comprehensive product portfolio, strategy, and focus on innovation.

What is Equinix's global presence and customer base in 2025?

Equinix operates in 76 metros across 36 countries on six continents, serving over 10,000 customers, including 60% of Fortune 500 companies, 2,000+ networks, and approximately 3,000 cloud and IT companies.

How is Equinix supporting AI infrastructure requirements?

Equinix offers high-performance data centers with liquid cooling capabilities specifically designed for high-density HPC and AI workloads, providing instant access to AI infrastructure, edge-to-cloud connectivity, and data privacy compliance.

What interconnection capabilities does Equinix Fabric offer?

Equinix Fabric is a software-defined global interconnection backbone available in over 60 markets worldwide, providing access to more than 220 cloud on-ramps with major cloud providers globally.