Equinix, Inc., the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that Yahoo! has signed an expanded...

Equinix, Inc., the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that Yahoo! has signed an expanded, multi-year agreement to host its Yahoo!'s IT operations. The agreement expands Yahoo!'s current deployments within Equinix Internet Business Exchange (IBX) centers. As a part of the agreement, Yahoo! will continue to utilize Equinix to host a portion of Yahoo!'s IT operations supporting services to businesses and consumers. Within Equinix's neutral Internet hubs, Yahoo! has access to an aggregation of Equinix's key business partners Internet companies, including every major global network, enabling Yahoo! to reduce connectivity costs and enhance end-user performance. Additionally, Equinix's centers offer industry-leading infrastructure, including high-performance security, power and temperature-control features, within a highly flexible environment.

"Yahoo! is a top global Internet company and requires a stable IT infrastructure to help ensure a high level of performance that guarantees the highest levels of performance," said Peter Van Camp, CEO of Equinix. "Equinix is the choice of the top brands of the Internet, and this agreement with Yahoo! is a significant affirmation of our continued success in meeting the most demanding requirements of key enterprise customers."


About Equinix
Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network services providers. Through the company's 14 Internet Business Exchange™ (IBX®) centers in five countries, customers can directly interconnect with every major global network and ISP for their critical peering, transit and traffic exchange requirements. These interconnection points facilitate the highest performance and growth of the Internet by serving as neutral and open marketplaces for Internet infrastructure services, allowing customers to expand their businesses while reducing costs.

For more information on Equinix, please visit www.equinix.com