M&A Deal Summary

Equinix Acquires Bit-isle

On September 8, 2015, Equinix acquired information technology company Bit-isle for 280M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Equinix’s 6th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Equinix’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Equinix’s 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-09-08
Target Bit-isle
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Equinix
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 280M USD

Target

Bit-isle

Shinagawa, Japan
website
Bit-isle, Inc. is a provider of IT services.

Search 177,612 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Equinix

Redwood City, California, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Information Technology
Employees10,944
Revenue 6.6B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION
Equinix's corporate headquarters in Redwood City, California.
Equinix's corporate headquarters in Redwood City, California.

Equinix is a provider of carrier-neutral data centers, internet exchanges and interconnection services. The Company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 14
Sector (Information Technology) 6 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 9
Country (Japan) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-29 TelecityGroup

London, United Kingdom

TelecityGroup is a provider of premium network-independent data centers in Europe. Data centres are its core business: It designs, builds and operates premium, highly connected and secure environments to house technical, web and IT infrastructure.

Buy $3.6B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-16 Equinix - European Assets

United Kingdom

Equinix, Inc. - European Assets includes carrier-neutral data centers in Europe.

Sell $874M
Mergr

Product

Company

Legal