Switching over

Based in the Netherlands

The Melbourne facility will host more than 88,000 square feet of colocation space when fully built out

$138m for a new site next to the palatial data center

Coming just in time for the national 5G roll-out

Its first in the city

Says emphasis will be on financial services, content and digital media companies

LD7, the company's ninth facility in the city, is set to open its doors in 2019

Patchy McPatchbot was deployed to help the move

Everyone is building in one of the world's top colo markets

The facility is expected to come online in the first quarter of 2019

“We are going to continue to evolve,” new CEO tells DCD

The fiber optic cable will land in Equinix data centers in Paris and Slough

The service is available in 24 metros

The colocation giant bought PE2 along with 9 other data centers when it acquired Metronode last year

On the fifth floor of the data center previously known as NAP of the Americas

In a joint venture with local telecommunications provider Omantel

Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT are responsible for almost 28 percent of the worldwide colocation revenues

1,000 cabinets in the first quarter of 2019, another 1,800 in the foreseeable future

Increasing the size of LD4 by another 30 percent

Equinix, CenturyLink, Zayo and more sign up

Expansion to meet rising customer demand in both cities

Colo giant gets another major facility 

Peter Van Camp takes over from Steve Smith in sudden corporate shift