Equinix - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Equinix M&A Summary

Equinix has acquired 14 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Equinix’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired TelecityGroup for $3.6B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2016, when it sold Equinix - European Assets to Digital Realty Trust for $874M. Equinix has acquired in 2 different US states, and 11 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include information technology (86%) and communications (15%).

Equinix Business Overview

Where is Equinix headquartered?

Equinix is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

What is Equinix’s revenue?

Equinix disclosed revenue of 8,188M USD for 2023 and 7,263M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Equinix have?

Equinix has 13,354 employees.

What sector is Equinix in?

Equinix is an information technology company.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity15
    • M&A Buy Activity14
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 11
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
  • M&A Advisors 7

Equinix

Equinix, Inc.

One Lagoon Drive,
Redwood City, California 94065
United States,
(650) 598-6000
www.equinix.com

Equinix is a provider of carrier-neutral data centers, internet exchanges and interconnection services. Equinix is based in Redwood City, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.8/yr) # 10 3 1 - - - 14
vol $8.4B $911M $320M $9.7B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
vol $874M $874M
  15

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
MainOne Cable Company Nigeria Ltd. 2021-12-07 320M USD Add-on Acquisition
Lagos, Nigeria · www.mainone.net
GPX India Pvt. Ltd. 2020-08-10 161M USD Divestiture
Mumbai, India
BCE, Inc. - 13 Data Center Sites 2020-06-01 750M USD Divestiture
, Quebec
Packet Host, Inc. 2020-01-14 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.packet.com
Equinix AM11 International Business Exchange 2019-04-23 34M EUR Divestiture
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Itconic 2017-09-11 242M EUR Add-on Acquisition
Madrid, Spain · www.itconic.com
ICT-Center AG 2017-02-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Vaduz, Liechtenstein · www.ict-center.com
Verizon Communications, Inc. - 24 Data Center Sites 2016-12-06 3.6B USD Divestiture
New York, New York
Equinix, Inc. - European Assets 2016-05-16 874M USD Divestiture
, United Kingdom
Bit-isle, Inc. 2015-09-08 280M USD Add-on Acquisition
Shinagawa, Japan · www.bit-isle.co.jp
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Information Technology 12 (86%) 5.8B (59%) 1 (100%) 874M (100%)
Communications 2 (14%) 3.9B (41%) - -
Total 14 $9.7B 1 $874M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 4.3B - -
  New York 3 3.6B - -
  Florida 1 683M - -
United Kingdom 1 3.6B 1 874M
Brazil 1 - - -
Canada 1 750M - -
  Quebec 1 750M - -
Germany 1 - - -
India 1 161M - -
Japan 1 280M - -
Liechtenstein 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 34M - -
Nigeria 1 320M - -
Spain 1 242M - -
Domestic 4 (29%) 4.3B (44%) - -
Cross-border 10 (71%) 5.4B (56%) 1 (100%) 874M (100%)
Total 14 $9.7B 1 $874M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
J.P. Morgan Securities
4
Evercore Group
1
Deloitte
1
Legal Deals
Davis Polk & Wardwell
2
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $7.2B
$100M to $1B 6 $2.4B
< $100M 1 $34M
TOTAL $9.7B
Largest TelecityGroup PLC
$3.6B (2015-05-29)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $874M
TOTAL $874M
Largest Equinix, Inc. - European Assets
$874M (2016-05-16)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
14%
2 (14%)
Strategic(s)
29%
4 (29%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

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