Equinix Extends GIGE Peering Fabric in Singapore with France Telecom and Reach

Global Carriers Leverage Equinix’s Open and Commercial Peering Exchange Points

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Singapore - June 30, 2004 - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that France Telecom and REACH, which currently operate points-of-presence within the Equinix Singapore Internet Business Exchange™ (IBX®) center, have joined the Equinix GigE Exchange platform. The addition of these two global carriers to Equinix's exchange service further extends Equinix's mission to facilitate peering as an effective method of reducing telecommunications costs for networks and content providers.

Equinix GigE Exchange enables networks and content providers to quickly and conveniently leverage the benefits of the critical mass of networks and service providers operating within Equinix's centers in order to improve network performance and reduce IP transit costs. The rapidly growing service currently has more than 100 customers in the US and Asia.

France Telecom is one of the world's leading telecommunications carriers, with 118.6 million customers on the five continents (220 countries and territories) and consolidated operating revenues of 46.1 billion euros for 2003 (11.45 billion euros for 1st quarter 2004). Through its major international brands, including Orange, Wanadoo, Equant and GlobeCast, France Telecom provides businesses, consumers and other carriers with a complete portfolio of solutions that spans local, long-distance and international telephony, wireless, Internet, multimedia, data, broadcast and cable TV services.

France Telecom is the second-largest wireless operator and Internet access provider in Europe, and a world leader in telecommunications solutions for multinational corporations. France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) is listed on the Paris and New York stock exchanges.

"With our existing deployments to Equinix centers in Singapore, Washington, D.C. and Chicago, and our new deployments to Equinix's Los Angeles and Dallas facilities, France Telecom can directly interconnect with a large aggregation of networks, providing us with faster and more reliable performance," said Mr. Jean François Thomas, Vice President Asia at France Telecom Networks, Carriers & IT. "The use of Equinix GigE Exchange in Singapore will provide a convenient switching fabric from which we can quickly and easily link our network to these strategic business partners."

REACH is Asia's largest international carrier of combined Voice, International Private Lines and IP data services and operates the most highly meshed Internet backbone network in the region. With more than 130 years of telecommunications heritage, REACH delivers voice, data, IP and satellite products and services to major markets in Asia, Europe and North America. Gartner has named REACH as Asia-Pacific's top IP backbone operator for three years in succession, and Internet specialist researchers Netconfigs rated the REACH backbone network as the best-connected IP network centred in the Asia-Pacific region in 2003.

"REACH's extensive network of public peering points, totaling 15 in Asia and 9 in the US and UK, is strengthened by this development with Equinix. It will provide even more flexibility to our customers and facilitate the huge growth of IP traffic flowing between South Asia to Europe," said Mr. Peter Ip, Global Manager for REACH Internet Access & Data services

"By operating the primary public peering points for the major Internet networks, Equinix is the definitive leader in network and content traffic exchange in the US and Asia Pacific," said Phil Koen, President and Head of Asia-Pacific for Equinix. "We understand that it is important for France Telecom and REACH to have a high performance, highly versatile, yet low cost IP interconnection strategy. Equinix facilitates an open and robust platform that meets these requirements."

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.

Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of operating IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

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