Equinix Partners with Alibaba Cloud to Deliver Greater Cloud Connectivity

SINGAPORE
— June 14, 2017 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today
announced a collaboration with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of
Alibaba Group, to provide enterprises with direct, scalable access to Alibaba
Cloud via the Equinix Cloud Exchange™ in the company’s Hong Kong, Silicon
Valley, Sydney, and Washington, D.C., International Business Exchange™ (IBX®)
data centers, with the addition of Frankfurt and London available soon.

The
cloud computing market continues to grow rapidly in Asia, and specifically
China. According to the U.S. International Trade Administration, the
Chinese cloud market is expected to grow at 40% per year through 2020, reaching
$20 billion. Access to Alibaba Cloud is critical for multinational customers
looking to expand their cloud-based applications into this growing region in a
secure and high-performing manner.  By providing multinational enterprise
customers with secure and direct access to Alibaba Cloud, Equinix delivers
connectivity to the full suite of Alibaba cloud services to enterprises.
Furthermore, Alibaba Cloud Express Connect enables companies to leverage the
extensive Alibaba Cloud network in mainland China.

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With the addition of direct access to Alibaba Cloud on Cloud Exchange in these
new markets across Asia Pacific, EMEA and the Americas, Equinix now offers
private access to Alibaba Cloud in five markets. The company previously offered
access in its Singapore IBX.  Alibaba Cloud is also a colocation customer
in Dubai with Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (“du”).

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With 179 data centers across 44 markets around the world, Equinix provides
cloud service providers such as Alibaba Cloud with an ideal platform to scale
their offerings globally to support growing customer demand.  The Equinix
Cloud Exchange, which offers direct and private access to multiple cloud
service providers, is currently available in 21 markets globally including –
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles,
Melbourne, New York, Osaka, Paris, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Silicon Valley,
Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Zurich.

•           Greg Adgate, vice president of
global technology partners and alliances, Equinix:

“As
one of the world’s leading and fastest growing cloud computing companies,
Alibaba Cloud represents a significant partnership for Equinix as we continue
to empower businesses around the globe to build secure, private clouds, without
compromising network and application performance. We are thrilled to offer
direct access in markets across the U.S., Asia and Europe, and look forward to
bringing additional markets online in the near future.”

•           Yeming Wang, deputy general manager
of Alibaba Cloud Global:

“The
global reach of Equinix Cloud Exchange makes it simple for Alibaba Cloud to
access new markets. We are pleased to provide greater value and bring our
services closer to enterprises by leveraging Equinix’s powerful, on-demand
cloud connectivity, and in particular to provide greater connectivity to the
Chinese market.”

Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects the world’s leading businesses to their customers,
employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 44
markets worldwide, Equinix is where companies come together to realize new
opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and cloud strategies. http://www.equinix.com/.

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, the challenges of acquiring, operating and
constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix
services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of
companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive
significant revenue 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; and other
risks described from time to time in Equinix’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix’s recent 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.