Equinix and PGIM Real Estate Enter Into $600M JV For First XScale Data Center In The U.S.
Equinix and PGIM Real Estate Enter Into $600M JV For First XScale Data Center In The U.S.
Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure company, and PGIM Real Estate, the real estate investment and financing arm of PGIM, Prudential Financial's global asset management business, today announced the entry into a $600 million joint venture to develop and operate the first xScale data center in the U.S., located in the Silicon Valley region of California.
全球數字基礎設施公司Equinix, Inc.（納斯達克股票代碼：EQIX）和保誠金融全球資產管理業務PGIM的房地產投資和融資部門PGIM Real Estate今天宣佈成立一家價值6億美元的合資企業，開發和運營位於加利福尼亞硅谷地區的美國第一個xScale數據中心。
The two-story facility, which will be known as SV12x, will be built out in two phases and is expected to provide more than 28 megawatts (MW) of power capacity at full build out. SV12x is located at Equinix's Great Oaks data center campus in San Jose, California alongside four existing Equinix International Business ExchangeTM (IBX) data centers. The first phase of the facility is scheduled to be completed in Q2 2024.
這座兩層樓的設施將被稱爲SV12x，將分兩個階段建成，預計在全面建成時將提供超過28兆瓦（MW）的電力容量。SV12x與現有的四個Equinix國際商業交易所（IBX）數據中心一起位於加利福尼亞州聖何塞的Equinix大橡樹數據中心園區。該設施的第一階段計劃於2024年第二季度完工。
Highlights/Key Facts:
亮點/關鍵事實：
- This agreement represents the second joint venture between Equinix and PGIM Real Estate (see links below for details on the initial joint venture).
- Combined with Equinix's existing hyperscale joint ventures in Europe, Asia-Pacific and elsewhere in the Americas, this new joint venture will bring the global xScale data center portfolio to more than $8 billion across more than 35 facilities, and an expected greater than 725 megawatts of power capacity when completed and fully constructed.
- Equinix xScale data centers enable hyperscale companies to add core deployments to their existing access point footprints at Equinix IBX data centers, enabling their growth on a single platform that can immediately span more than 70 global metros and offer direct interconnection to an ecosystem of more than 10,000 customers.
- Under the terms of the agreement, PGIM Real Estate will control an 80% equity interest in the joint venture, and Equinix will own the remaining 20% equity interest.
- PGIM Real Estate has been investing in the data center sector since 2013. This latest joint venture agreement with Equinix marks the first investment made through PGIM Real Estate's dedicated global data center strategy, managed on behalf of third-party clients, to invest exclusively in hyperscale facilities located across internet gateway markets in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
- 該協議是Equinix和PGIM Real Estate之間的第二家合資企業（有關初始合資企業的詳細信息，請參見以下鏈接）。
- 加上Equinix在歐洲、亞太地區和美洲其他地方現有的超大規模合資企業，這家新的合資企業將使超過35個設施的全球xScale數據中心投資組合達到80億美元以上，建成和全面建成後的電力容量預計將超過725兆瓦。
- Equinix XScale 數據中心使超大規模公司能夠在 Equinix IBX 數據中心的現有接入點基礎上增加核心部署，從而使他們在單一平台上實現增長，該平台可以立即跨越 70 多個全球大都市，並向擁有 10,000 多名客戶的生態系統提供直接互連。
- 根據協議條款，PGIM Real Estate將控制合資企業80％的股權，而Equinix將擁有剩餘的20％的股權。
- 自2013年以來，PGIM房地產一直在投資數據中心領域。與Equinix簽訂的最新合資協議標誌着通過PGIM Real Estate的專用全球數據中心戰略進行的首次投資，該戰略由第三方客戶管理，專門投資於位於美國、歐洲和亞太地區的互聯網網關市場的超大規模設施。
譯文內容由第三人軟體翻譯。