Today's organizations are working hard to transform the way they create value in a digital world. Digital disruption is causing IP traffic to explode worldwide, accelerating the need for connectivity. Companies can extend network infrastructure to the edge and enhance workload performance by shortening the distance between digital services and users. By providing this increased capacity in
Highlights / Key Facts
- With a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million people,
Warsaw is: the eighth most populous capital city in theEuropean Union ;Eastern Europe's second largest economy; and a significant center of research and development, business process outsourcing and information technology outsourcing for international companies. - The new investment in WA3 is one of many new builds in
Equinix's growing global platform—Platform Equinix®—which consists of more than 200 data centers and enables connectivity to customers and partners across digital supply chains. Equinix's Warsaw data centers offer dense concentrations of telecommunications, cloud and IT services, and financial services companies.Equinix has over 350 customers inWarsaw today with more than 190 network service providers, and over 60 cloud service providers. This rich business ecosystem provides the opportunity for businesses to directly connect with one another in a secure environment with increased performance.- The first phase of WA3 will add 475 cabinets and more than 1,400m2 (15,200 ft.2) of colocation data center space. The WA3 data center will incorporate many of the latest standards in building innovation. For example, the facility will include a mist system for fire suppression.
Equinix is helping Polish businesses to advance their business digitization and cloud
transformation. With the WA3 IBX, Polish businesses will have the ability to leverage otherEquinix solutions including Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric™ (ECX Fabric™) and Equinix SmartKey® for security key encryption. WA3 will also offer access toEquinix's Internet Exchange (formerly PLIX) which enables network operators, including ISPs and content providers, to easily and effectively exchange network traffic with over 180 peers.Equinix previously announced that it will investUS$45 million over the next five years in aProduct Development Center inWarsaw to design advanced, customer-inspired, software-defined networking products; develop virtual IT infrastructure capabilities; and perform data science-backed IT infrastructure research aimed at accelerating global digital business. The PDC inWarsaw is one of threeEquinix innovation locations of its kind globally, in addition toSingapore andSilicon Valley .
Quotes
Penny Jones , Research Director — MTDC & Managed Services Multi-Tenant Datacenter,451 Research :
"The Polish market has recently seen local enterprises and service providers turning more frequently to colocation services as they realize that maintaining mission-critical facilities is a complex and costly endeavor. This additional investment inWarsaw showsEquinix's commitment to its clientele to support growing demand for interconnected data centers to help enterprises expand their digital edge."Robert Busz , Managing Director, Equinix Poland:
"For our Polish customers and indeed the market generally, data sovereignty is both topical and a big concern for local organizations. WA3 will be a big milestone and aid in further establishing cloud data sovereignty inPoland . Through our interconnection platform, large footprint in WA3 and via ECX Fabric, we can offer a perfect local ecosystem for global cloud service providers."
Additional Resources
Equinix and GIC Agree to Form Joint Venture to Develop and Operate Hyperscale Data Centers inEurope [press release]- Europe Regulation and the Cloud [white paper]
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Liam Rose (EMEA), +44 (0) 207 618 9602, liam.rose@eu.equinix.com, Equinix Investor Relations Contacts, Katrina Rymill, +1 (650) 598-6583, krymill@equinix.com