Equinix (EQIX – Analyst Report) is a global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network service providers. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, CA with two more regional headquarters in London and Singapore.

Through its 100+ International Business Exchanges, or IBX, data centers across 33 strategic markets in the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions, customers can directly inter-connect critical traffic exchange requirements.

A Unique Place Amidst Customers and Competitors

There is a reason that Equinix is considered the dominant data-network infrastructure provider globally. It has to do with its unique place in an enterprise and telecom marketplace where data-rich transmission and storage services are still growing rapidly.

Equinix has been achieving continued business momentum with its critical mass of customers and the resultant “network effect” within its IBX centers. Direct interconnection with its networks, connecting the majority of the world’s Internet routes, enables customers to increase the efficiency of their IT infrastructure, remove complexities associated with infrastructure administration and management and reduce costs.

Service offerings, such as Equinix Exchange and Equinix Internet Exchange, significantly reduce the cost of critical transit, peering and traffic exchange operations by eliminating the costs of private peering or local loops. The benefits provided by the Platform Equinix have led to a loyal and blue-chip customer base of over 6,300 firms.

While some Equinix customers, such as AOL, Google (GOOGL – Analyst Report) and MSN, build and operate their own data centers for their large infrastructure deployments, these customers rely on Equinix IBX centers for their critical inter-connection relationships.

Equinix’s business is based on a recurring revenue model comprising Co-location, Interconnection, and Managed IT Infrastructure Services. These services are considered to be recurring, as customers are billed at fixed rates on a recurring basis through the life of the respective contracts, which generally run for one to three years.