Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data centre services, today announced it has opened its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Paris, France.
The PA3 IBX data centre was built in response to the growing demand for premium colocation and interconnection services in the city. Doubling Equinix's capacity at the Saint-Denis campus, also home to its PA2 IBX data centre, PA3 is Equinix's largest IBX data centre in Paris. The recent expansion is part of Equinix's $2.0 billion investment to grow global operations between 2007 and 2010.
Conveniently located 15 minutes north of Paris, the new high specification PA3 IBX data centre offers redundant fibre links that directly connect the PA3 IBX data centre with the existing PA2 IBX data centre located at the Saint-Denis site. The data centre provides a full range of colocation, interconnection and support services where 49 customers have deployed infrastructure. Equinix IBX data centres also enable business ecosystems where customers can directly connect to strategic partners, optimising the delivery of their content and critical applications.
When fully built out, the PA3 IBX data centre will have 116,230 square feet of available gross space (10,800 gross square meters).
"Through our ongoing strategy of disciplined expansion, Equinix has reinforced its position as a global leader in the data centre market with the latest expansion of its footprint in Paris," said Michel Brignano, French General Manager, Equinix. "As demand for our services in this important metro remains strong, the PA3 IBX data centre provides important growth capacity and additional space for further expansions, placing us in an excellent position to respond quickly to the needs of the market and support our customers as they expand."
PA3 is the third in a series of recently announced IBX data centre openings, joining the recently opened GV2 IBX data centre in Geneva, Switzerland, and the LD5 IBX data centre in London, England. The company has also announced plans to open a fourth IBX data centre in Zurich, Switzerland, which is expected to open in Q2 2010.