BBIX to Offer BBIX Tokyo's IX Services at Equinix Tokyo IBX; Agreement Provides More Interconnection Options for Companies Seeking to Expand in Japan Market.

TOKYO -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that BBIX, a Softbank-funded carrier-neutral provider of Internet exchange services in Japan, has selected Equinix's Tokyo Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) center as the only location outside of its proprietary exchange points to offer its IX Connect Service.

Under the agreement, customers colocating within the Equinix Tokyo IBX will be able to acquire BBIX's IX Connect Service through the Equinix Exchange service. Through this agreement, U.S. and Asia-Pacific companies colocating at Equinix's high-performance data center will be able to directly access a significant portion of the Japanese broadband end-user market via the Yahoo! BB Service's broadband network provided by Softbank BB, which includes more than 4.93 million Yahoo! BB users and is one of the largest broadband service providers in Japan. In addition, by utilizing the IX Connect Service users will be able to establish peering with other participants at BBIX Tokyo.

Equinix Exchange facilitates ISP and content peering among Equinix customers through a central switching fabric. This combined offering is expected to be especially attractive for international companies entering the Japanese market who rely on Equinix's global infrastructure services and access to a wide diversity of networks.

"Since BBIX was established in 2003, we have been working towards the goal of achieving more efficient traffic management by distributing mutual connection points in major cities throughout the country," said Mr. Michikazu Fukuchi, Director of BBIX. "We have selected Equinix as a strategic business partner for its network-neutral business model, strong global presence and world class data centre with a large variety of Tier 1 networks and enterprise customers."

"This agreement represents the first network exchange or 'peering' agreement for BBIX, enabling both BBIX and Equinix to drastically enhance their interconnection services by offering direct access to even more network service providers and content companies," said David Wilkinson, Managing Director of Equinix Japan. "This peering is a fundamental element of the Internet's infrastructure that improves the performance of the Internet for all users by enabling data to pass from one network to another without intermediary networks or bottlenecks."

About Equinix

Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network services providers. Through the company's Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) centers in 11 markets in the U.S. and Asia, customers can directly interconnect with every major global network and ISP for their critical peering, transit and traffic exchange requirements. These interconnection points facilitate the highest performance and growth of the Internet by serving as neutral and open marketplaces for Internet infrastructure services, allowing customers to expand their businesses while reducing costs.

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 and operating IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently-acquired data centers; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay 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.

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