Cable tray inside an Equinix data center

Following closure of investigation of the deal by the US Department of Justice, data center providers Switch and Data and Equinix are expecting to finally complete their merger on April 30.

The companies said they received notification from the DOJ on Friday, informing them that the investigation had been closed, as well as notification from the Federal Trade Commission, terminating the waiting period imposed on the transaction as customary under US law.

Equinix announced the agreement to buy Switch and Data in October of last year for a combination of stock and cash, totaling $689 million.

Since then, groups of shareholders filed three lawsuits against both companies, accusing their leadership of failing to maximize the deal's value to stockholders and adequately informing them about the deal.

The companies settled the lawsuits in January.

Switch and Data stockholders voted in favor of the merger in February.

The deal will add 34 data centers in US and Canada to Equinix's portfolio, which currently consists of more than 50 facilities around the world.