Equinix Turbocharges AI And Cloud Growth With $15B Joint Venture: Expanding XScale Data Centers Worldwide
Equinix Turbocharges AI And Cloud Growth With $15B Joint Venture: Expanding XScale Data Centers Worldwide
As per the terms, CPP Investments and GIC will each hold a 37.5% equity stake in the joint venture, while Equinix will own 25%.Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX) shares are trading lower on Thursday.
周四，Equinix, Inc.（纳斯达克股票代码：EQIX）股价走低。
On Tuesday, the company disclosed a joint venture with GIC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments).
周二，该公司披露了与GIC和加拿大养老金计划投资委员会（CPP Investments）的合资企业。
All parties have made equity commitments, and the JV plans to raise more than $15 billion in investable capital through equity and debt.
所有各方都做出了股权承诺，合资公司计划通过股权和债务筹集超过150亿美元的可投资资本。
As per the terms, CPP Investments and GIC will each hold a 37.5% equity stake in the joint venture, while Equinix will own 25%.
根据条款，CPP Investments和GIC将分别持有该合资企业37.5％的股权，而Equinix将拥有25％的股权。
Equinix's current hyperscale joint venture portfolio in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas has over $8 billion in committed investment. When fully built out, it aims to deliver more than 725 MW of power capacity across 35+ facilities.
Equinix目前在欧洲、亚太和美洲的超大规模合资投资组合的承诺投资超过80亿美元。全面建成后，它的目标是为35多个设施提供超过725兆瓦的电力容量。
The JV will accelerate the expansion of Equinix's xScale data center portfolio, which supports hyperscale companies in enhancing their core deployments at Equinix's IBX data centers.
该合资企业将加速扩张Equinix的xScale数据中心产品组合，该产品组合支持超大规模公司加强其在Equinix的IBX数据中心的核心部署。
Once fully realized, this new JV will nearly triple the investment capital of the xScale program, driven by the growing demand for AI and cloud services.
在对人工智能和云服务的需求不断增长的推动下，这个新的合资企业一旦完全实现，将使xScale计划的投资资本增加近三倍。
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Equinix expects the JV to acquire land and develop new xScale facilities on several 100+ MW campuses in the U.S., adding over 1.5 gigawatts of capacity for hyperscale customers.
Equinix预计，该合资企业将在美国几个超过100兆瓦的园区收购土地并开发新的xScale设施，为超大规模客户增加超过1.5千兆瓦的容量。
The joint venture's closing, pending regulatory approvals, is expected by the fourth quarter of 2024.
该合资企业预计将于2024年第四季度关闭，尚待监管部门的批准。
Adaire Fox-Martin, CEO and President, Equinix stated, "As the world's leading companies build out their infrastructure to support key workloads such as artificial intelligence, they require the combination of large-scale data center footprints optimized for AI training and interconnection nodes for the most efficient inferencing."
Equinix首席执行官兼总裁Adaire Fox-Martin表示：“随着世界领先公司构建基础设施以支持人工智能等关键工作负载，他们需要将针对人工智能训练进行优化的大规模数据中心占地面积和互连节点相结合，以实现最有效的推理。”
"Our xScale and IBX offerings are uniquely positioned to address this business need, enabling companies to realize the powerful potential of AI."
“我们的xScale和IBX产品在满足这一业务需求方面具有独特的优势，使公司能够实现人工智能的强大潜力。”
Investors can gain exposure to the stock via Pacer Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF (NYSE:SRVR) and Elevation Series Trust SRH REIT Covered Call ETF (NYSE:SRHR).
投资者可以通过Pacer数据与基础设施房地产ETF（纽约证券交易所代码：SRVR）和Elevation Series Trust SRH REIT担保看涨期权ETF（纽约证券交易所代码：SRHR）获得股票敞口。
Price Action: EQIX shares are down 0.98% at $877.92 at the last check Thursday.
价格走势：在周四的最后一次检查中，EQIX股价下跌0.98％，至877.92美元。
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