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The internet needed neutral meeting places: how Equinix built a global data-centre network

Equinix was founded in 1998 by Jay Adelson and Al Avery, who recognised that rapidly growing internet networks needed neutral facilities where carriers, content companies and service providers could connect directly. The company called those facilities International Business Exchange, or IBX, data centres and built its first sites around dense network interconnection rather than simple server floor space.

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