Snapshot: Equinix’s pipeline of datacenter projects

US firm Equinix stands out as one of the most widely distributed datacenter and interconnectivity services companies operating in Latin America.

As of end-March, the company reported having 248 datacenters in 71 cities in 32 countries. Of this total, it had 107 datacenters in 29 cities across the Americas, with sites in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Brazil. 

In Brazil, Equinix recently announced the construction of a third site in Rio de Janeiro, as reported first by BNamericas.

As of mid-2022, Equinix had invested nearly US$2bn in Latin America since it began operating in the region in 2011. 

For this year, Equinix’s global capex is expected to be in the US$2.7bn-2.9bn range.

BNamericas provides an updated list of the company’s projects in the region by country. Specific power capacities are not available in most cases.

BRAZIL

Number of active sites: 7 (SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4 and SP5x, in São Paulo; RJ1, RJ2, in Rio de Janeiro)

Sites fully-owned: SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP5x, RJ2

Sites leased: RJ1

Main campus: São Paulo

Total colocation space (active sites): 292,241f² (27,150m²), of which 244,500f² is in São Paulo, and 45,741f² in Rio de Janeiro

Under expansion: RJ3 (newly approved project for Rio de Janeiro, with 550 cabinets of capacity, US$94mn in investments. First phase ready for 1Q25)

CHILE

Number of active sites: 4 (ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4)

Sites fully-owned: All

Main campus: Santiago

Total colocation space: 81,117f² (7,536m²), with total projected power capacity of 7.5MW

MEXICO

Number of active sites: 3 (MX1, MX2, in Querétaro. M01, in Monterrey)

Sites fully-owned: All

Main campus: Mexico City (Querétaro)

Total colocation space: 55,000f² (5,109m²), of which 43,000f² is in Mexico City and 12,000f² in Monterrey

Under expansion: MX2 (phase 3 expansion underway to 1,200 in cabinets capacity and with US$56mn in investments. Completion expected for 2Q24)

COLOMBIA

Number of active sites: 1 (BG1)

SIte fully-owned

Main campus: Bogotá

Total colocation space: 21,570f² (2,004m²)

Under expansion: BG2 (in the picture. New datacenter with phase 1 underway, comprising 550 cabinets capacity, US$45mn in investments. Launch expected for 2Q23)

PERU

Number of active sites: 1 (LM1)

Site fully-owned

Main campus: Lima

Total colocation space: 8,094f² (752m²), with total capacity of 0.7MW

 

*SP5x is the company’s first hyperscale datacenter in the Americas

*All sites in Chile and Peru came from acquisitions (Entel)