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

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Buyer

Equinix

Redwood City, California, United States

Category Company
Sector Information Technology
Employees13,606
Revenue 8.7B USD (2024)
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. Equinix is based in Redwood City, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 14
Sector: Information Technology M&A 6 of 12
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 9
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 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