Equinix Completes Acquisition Of GPX India’s 2 Data Centres For $161 Mn

Equinix Completes Acquisition Of GPX India’s Two Data Centres For $161 Mn

SUMMARY

Nasdaq-listed Equinix said that two Mumbai-based data centres will be dubbed as Equinix MB1 and MB2 and they house more than 350 international brands and local companies

Equinix said that in India it plans to introduce a full range of interconnection and digital infrastructure services, including Equinix Connect, Equinix Internet Exchange and
others

The company also appoints Manoj Paul as its managing director to oversee Indian operations

US-based data centre company Equinix has completed the acquisition of India operations of GPX Global Systems by acquiring two of its Mumbai-based data centres in an $161 Mn all-cash transaction. Equinix has also appointed Manoj Paul as its managing director to oversee India operations.

The two data centres will be dubbed Equinix MB1 and MB2. Equinix said that both the data centres form a network-dense data center campus with more than 350 international brands and local companies, including the world’s leading cloud service providers (CSPs), global networks, content delivery network (CDN) providers, all local carriers, 170 internet service providers (ISPs) and five internet exchanges.