Equinix to Host Seminars to Help Companies Prevent Network Disruptions and Increase Reliability.

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FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2003

Networking Experts to Present at "Multihoming" Seminars to

be Held in Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C. Areas

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that it will host a series of seminars aimed at educating enterprise companies on strategies for implementing more reliable networks and preventing network disruptions. The seminars, "Utilizing Network Diversity for Reliability and Cost Control," will be held in the Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C. areas and will feature educational sessions from experts on best practices as well as in-depth presentations focused on multi-network methodologies and strategies.

As companies become increasingly dependent upon their network infrastructure for business operations, the costs of downtime can easily exceed seven figure amounts. Widespread uncertainty in the telecommunications industry coupled with the growing threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) and other service failures pose significant challenges to maintaining 100% network uptime. Establishing relationships with multiple network service providers, or "multihoming," ensures the redundancy needed in the event of a failure to a primary provider. In addition to the operational redundancy and business continuity benefits, multihoming also increases overall IP performance.

The seminars will present networking strategies to increase network redundancy and boost IP performance within limited IT budgets. In addition to covering the risks of not multihoming and how to implement a multihoming architecture, including router configuration requirements, the seminars will provide case studies of successful multihoming implementations from leading enterprises. Featured presentations at the seminars include Darin Davinia, director of network operations for Yahoo!, presenting on advanced Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) solutions at the Dallas seminar, and Shyam Kota, technical marketing engineer, PTMO, Cisco Systems, presenting on the benefits on multihoming for enterprises at all three seminars. Lane Patterson, a recognized expert on multihoming, and the senior research and development engineer for Equinix, will lead the seminars.

The seminars are targeted to the majority of businesses in the U.S. that have never multihomed, as well as companies that are currently multihomed but want to implement more advanced solutions. Offering tactical strategies for implementing multi-network architectures, the seminars are targeted to IT, engineering, and Web operations staff responsible for IP network architecture.

"Many businesses today rely upon a single network -- representing a single point of failure -- for their critical IT operations," said Marjorie Backaus, chief strategy officer of Equinix. "Equinix's multihoming seminars offer insights from industry experts on how to easily and cost-effectively integrate the redundancy and 'network insurance' of multiple network provider access."

The first four-hour forum will be held in Dallas beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 22, 2003. Additional forums will be held in Chicago on July 10, and in the Washington, D.C. area on July 17. Speakers are subject to change. The forum is open to qualified individuals involved in networking and IT infrastructure. For registration and additional details, please contact Equinix at [e-mail].

About Equinix

Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies and network services providers. Through the company's 15 Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) centers in six countries, customers can directly interconnect with the providers that serve more than 90% of the world's Internet networks and users 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.

Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.

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 failure of the transaction to close, the challenges of operating IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; 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.