With Bit-isle Buy, Equinix Beefs up Asia Datacenter Footprint

The acquisition will significantly bolster Equinix's local presence in Japan.

Tokyo skyline
The acquisition will bolster Equinix's position as a datacenter operator in Tokyo (pictured)

When completed, the deal will provide Equinix with five datacenters in Tokyo and one in Osaka, creating the fourth-largest datacenter operation in Japan, with campuses that can scale to support customers' future needs.

The acquired datacenters will be tethered to existing Equinix IBX datacenters for campus-wide connectivity to network and cloud service providers. In addition, once Equinix completes its TY5 datacenter facility in Q1 2016, Equinix will have 10 IBX datacenters in Tokyo and two in

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