Jul
19
Equinix Invests $42M in SY4 Data Center Expansion
ByPhase two of the International Business Exchange data center will feature 1,500 additional cabinets, bringing the facility’s total capacity to 3,000. Delivery is scheduled for year-end 2017.
Equinix Inc. plans to invest $42 million to expand its SY4 International Business Exchange data center near Sydney, Australia, to meet the rising demand for additional capacity and interconnection services.
Opened in August 2016, SY4 is strategically located in Alexandria, 2.5 miles from Sydney’s central business district. The development is Equinix’s latest in a series of expansions across Asia-Pacific, namely in Melbourne, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The phase two expansion will feature 1,500 additional cabinets, bringing the facility’s total capacity to 3,000, with a total usable floor space of more than 130,000 square feet…