SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Smith Stephen M (Last) (First) (Middle) 301 VELOCITY WAY (Street) FOSTER CITY CA 94404 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EQUINIX INC [ EQIX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) CEO & President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/03/2009
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/03/2009		S(1)		11,812	D	$82.372(2)	64,096	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares sold pursuant to a 10b5-1 Trading Plan.

2. The average price of $82.372 consists of the following blocks of shares: 100 shares sold at $81.69, 200 at $81.75, 200 at $81.81, 100 at $81.82, 600 at $81.86, 400 at $81.95, 500 at $81.97, 200 at $82.00, 100 at $82.02, 500 at $82.09, 200 at $82.10, 200 at $82.16, 200 at $82.18, 900 at $82.23, 100 at $82.26, 200 at $82.28, 100 at $82.29, 99 at $82.295, 800 at $82.30, 200 at $82.31, 301 at $82.32, 200 at $82.34, 300 at $82.36, 200 at $82.40, 75 at $82.47, 325 at $82.48, 300 at $82.49, 100 at $82.51, 100 at $82.52, 300 at $82.53, 400 at $82.56, 12 at $82.70, 300 at $82.73, 800 at $82.77, 400 at $82.78, 200 at $82.80, 400 at $82.82, 200 at $82.85, 400 at $82.86, 400 at $82.88, 189 at $82.91 and 11 at $82.92.

Remarks:

	Darrin B. Short, Attorney-in-Fact	08/05/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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