Equinix
“Can Equinix remain the indispensable neutral interconnection layer as financial services, cloud, and AI infrastructure converge at the digital edge?”
Equinix began in 1998 as a neutral Internet exchange and colocation provider, connecting competing networks in shared facilities. Over two decades it evolved into the world's largest data center and interconnection company, operating over 250 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers across 70+ metros globally. Its REIT conversion in 2015 repositioned it as digital infrastructure rather than pure tech. The 2020 acquisition of Packet and launch of Equinix Metal added bare-metal compute to the portfolio, broadening the company's appeal to cloud-native and hybrid workloads. Equinix is not an embedded finance company — its role in fintech is as infrastructure enabler: providing low-latency colocation, Equinix Fabric interconnection, and ecosystem connectivity to banks, payment processors, and fintechs.