Edgar Filing: EQUINIX INC

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Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 000-31293

EQUINIX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

77-0487526

(State of incorporation)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Lagoon Drive, Fourth Floor, Redwood City, California 94065

(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)

(650) 598-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) Yes x No ¨ and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock as of September 30, 2015 was 57,285,666.

EQUINIX, INC.

INDEX


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Part I - Financial Information

Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited):		3

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014		3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014		4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014		5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014		6

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements		7

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		26

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		51

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		52

Part II - Other Information

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		52

Item 1A.	Risk Factors		53

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		77

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities		77

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosure		77

Item 5.	Other Information		77

Item 6.	Exhibits		77

Signatures			88

Index to Exhibits			89

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

EQUINIX, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)


	September 30,			December 31,
	2015			2014
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	335,469		$	610,917
Short-term investments		—			529,395
Accounts receivable, net		293,125			262,570
Current portion of restricted cash		493,425			3,057
Other current assets		120,004			85,004

Total current assets		1,242,023			1,490,943
Long-term investments		4,077			439
Property, plant and equipment, net		5,218,595			4,998,270
Goodwill		983,530			1,002,129
Intangible assets, net		123,454			147,527
Restricted cash, less current portion		10,464			14,060
Other assets		123,523			128,610

Total assets	$	7,705,666		$	7,781,978


Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	340,366		$	285,796
Accrued property, plant and equipment		131,607			114,469
Current portion of capital lease and other financing obligations		26,775			21,362
Current portion of mortgage and loans payable		55,024			59,466
Current portion of convertible debt		151,535			—
Dividends payable		640,063			4,559
Other current liabilities		118,744			158,105

Total current liabilities		1,464,114			643,757
Capital lease and other financing obligations, less current portion		1,198,581			1,168,042
Mortgage and loans payable, less current portion		484,049			532,809
Convertible debt, less current portion		—			145,229
Senior notes		2,720,448			2,717,046
Other liabilities		349,821			304,964

Total liabilities		6,217,013			5,511,847


Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		57			57
Additional paid-in capital		3,467,143			3,334,305
Treasury stock		(9,913	)		(11,411	)
Accumulated dividends		(1,361,675	)		(424,387	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(488,012	)		(332,443	)
Accumulated deficit		(118,947	)		(295,990	)

Total stockholders’ equity		1,488,653			2,270,131

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	7,705,666		$	7,781,978

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

EQUINIX, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(Unaudited)
Revenues	$	686,649		$	620,441		$	1,995,405		$	1,805,655


Costs and operating expenses:
Cost of revenues		325,468			304,052			939,538			884,436
Sales and marketing		83,709			72,185			243,573			214,867
General and administrative		123,237			109,354			356,455			324,332
Acquisition costs		13,352			(281	)		24,374			580

Total costs and operating expenses		545,766			485,310			1,563,940			1,424,215


Income from operations		140,883			135,131			431,465			381,440

Interest income		934			356			2,375			2,534
Interest expense		(76,269	)		(63,756	)		(219,556	)		(199,450	)
Other income (expense)		(12,836	)		1,811			(11,964	)		3,170
Loss on debt extinguishment		—			—			—			(51,183	)


Income from operations before income taxes		52,712			73,542			202,320			136,511

Income tax expense		(11,580	)		(30,581	)		(25,277	)		(42,134	)


Net income		41,132			42,961			177,043			94,377

Net (income) loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests		—			(120	)		—			1,179


Net income attributable to Equinix	$	41,132		$	42,841		$	177,043		$	95,556


Earnings per share (“EPS”) attributable to Equinix:
Basic EPS	$	0.72		$	0.81		$	3.11		$	1.86

Weighted-average shares		57,082			53,137			56,894			51,369


Diluted EPS	$	0.71		$	0.79		$	3.08		$	1.84

Weighted-average shares		57,708			55,238			57,521			54,502

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

EQUINIX, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in thousands)


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(Unaudited)
Net income	$	41,132		$	42,961		$	177,043		$	94,377

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustment (“CTA”) loss		(72,677	)		(144,994	)		(149,546	)		(106,943	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities		(21	)		(862	)		99			(97	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges		3,309			4,194			(425	)		4,448
Net investment hedge CTA gain (loss)		4,426			—			(5,963	)		—
Defined benefit plans		124			—			266			—

Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax		(64,839	)		(141,662	)		(155,569	)		(102,592	)

Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(23,707	)		(98,701	)		21,474			(8,215	)


Net (income) loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests		—			(120	)		—			1,179

Other comprehensive (income) loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests		—			1,007			—			(1,810	)


Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Equinix	$	(23,707	)	$	(97,814	)	$	21,474		$	(8,846	)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

EQUINIX, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2015			2014
	(Unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	177,043		$	94,377
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		362,069			328,774
Stock-based compensation		98,575			86,473
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation		(1,663	)		(17,457	)
Amortization of intangible assets		19,346			20,953
Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts		11,557			14,840
Provision for allowance for doubtful accounts		4,187			5,326
Loss on debt extinguishment		—			51,183
Other items		12,825			14,684
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(42,002	)		(104,394	)
Income taxes, net		(84,523	)		(69,173	)
Other assets		(30,829	)		6,128
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		75,219			27,110
Other liabilities		57,871			28,299

Net cash provided by operating activities		659,675			487,123

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of investments		(338,440	)		(136,516	)
Sales of investments		826,486			550,355
Maturities of investments		35,431			207,341
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(10,247	)		—
Purchases of real estate		(38,282	)		(16,791	)
Purchases of other property, plant and equipment		(587,508	)		(421,726	)
Changes in restricted cash		(493,371	)		1,579
Other investing activities, net		—			(170	)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(605,931	)		184,072

Cash flows from financing activities:
Purchases of treasury stock		—			(297,958	)
Proceeds from employee equity awards		29,855			28,183
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation		1,663			17,457
Payment of dividends		(291,009	)		—
Proceeds from loans payable		490,000			8,826
Repayment of convertible debt		—			(29,479	)
Repayment of capital lease and other financing obligations		(20,213	)		(13,140	)
Repayment of mortgage and loans payable		(529,447	)		(37,510	)
Debt extinguishment costs		—			(22,552	)
Debt issuance costs		(617	)		—
Purchase of redeemable non-controlling interests		—			(226,276	)

Net cash used in financing activities		(319,768	)		(572,449	)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents		(9,424	)		(6,459	)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(275,448	)		92,287
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		610,917			261,894

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	335,469		$	354,181

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

EQUINIX, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.	Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by Equinix, Inc. (“Equinix” or the “Company”) and reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which in the opinion of management are necessary to fairly state the financial position and the results of operations for the interim periods presented. The condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2014 has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), but omit certain information and footnote disclosure necessary to present the statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). For further information, refer to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in Equinix’s Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 2, 2015. Results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire fiscal year.

Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Equinix and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Income Taxes

In September 2012, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a plan for Equinix to pursue conversion to a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). On December 23, 2014, its Board of Directors formally approved its conversion to a REIT effective on January 1, 2015. The Company completed the implementation of the REIT conversion in 2014, and as a result, the Company has elected to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes effective January 1, 2015. In May 2015, the Company received a favorable response to the private letter ruling (“PLR”) it had requested from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) in connection with the Company’s conversion to a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Company may deduct the distributions made to its shareholders from taxable income generated by the Company and its Qualified REIT Subsidiaries (“QRSs”). The Company’s dividends paid deduction generally eliminates the taxable income of the Company and its QRSs, resulting in no U.S. income tax due. However, the Taxable REIT Subsidiaries (“TRSs”) will continue to be subject to income taxes on any taxable income generated by them. In addition, the foreign operations of the Company will continue to be subject to local income taxes regardless of whether the foreign operations are operated as a QRS or a TRS.

The Company provides for income taxes during interim periods based on the estimated effective tax rate for the year. The effective tax rate is subject to change in the future due to various factors such as the operating performances of the Company, tax law changes and future business acquisitions.

The Company’s effective tax rates were 12.5% and 30.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate is primarily due to the reduced tax rate as a result of the REIT conversion. As a REIT, the Company is entitled to a deduction for dividends paid, resulting in a substantial reduction of federal income tax expense.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-16, Business Combinations, to simplify accounting for adjustments made to provisional amounts recognized in a business combination by eliminating the requirement to retrospectively account for those adjustments. This ASU is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The amendments in this ASU require that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial

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statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization or other income effects as a result of changes to provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-07, Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2015-07”), which permits a reporting entity, as a practical expedient, to measure the fair value of certain investments using the net asset value per share of the investment. This ASU is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years with early adoption permitted. A reporting entity should apply the amendment retrospectively to all periods presented. The retrospective approach requires that an investment for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient be removed from the fair value hierarchy in all periods presented in an entity’s financial statements. The Company does not believe the adoption of ASU 2015-07 will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (“ASU 2015-03”), to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs. The ASU requires debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability, consistent with debt discounts or premiums. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs is not affected by this ASU. This ASU is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15, Interest – Imputation of Interest Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements (“ASU 2015-15”), which amends ASU 2015-03 and provides guidance for the presentation of debt issuance costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements. ASU 2015-15 provides that debt issuance costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements may be presented in the balance sheet as assets. The Company adopted ASU 2015-03 and ASU 2015-15 in the three months ended September 30, 2015. As a result of the adoption of ASU 2015-03 the Company reclassified debt issuance costs of $35,455,000 at December 31, 2014 and $31,448,000 at September 30, 2015 from other assets to debt.

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidations (“ASU 2015-02”). This ASU requires companies to adopt a new consolidation model, specifically: (1) the ASU modifies the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (VIEs) or voting interest entities; (2) the ASU eliminates the presumption that a general partner should consolidate limited partnership; (3) the ASU affects the consolidation analysis of reporting entities involved with VIEs and (4) the ASU provides a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds. This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-01, Income Statement – Extraordinary and Unusual Items (“ASU 2015-01”), to simplify the income statement presentation requirements by eliminating the concept of extraordinary items. ASU 2015-01 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted provided that the guidance is applied from the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company does not believe the adoption of ASU 2015-01 will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (“ASU 2014-15”), to provide guidance on management’s responsibility in evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not believe the adoption of ASU 2014-15 will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”). This ASU requires companies to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which companies expect to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective. This ASU was originally effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2015-14”), which amends ASU 2014-09 and defers its effective date to fiscal years and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. ASU 2015-14 permits earlier application only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

2.	Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) for the periods presented (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	Three months ended					Nine months ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2015		2014			2015		2014
Net income	$	41,132	$	42,961		$	177,043	$	94,377
Net (income) loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests		—		(120	)		—		1,179

Net income attributable to Equinix, basic		41,132		42,841			177,043		95,556
Effect of assumed conversion of convertible debt:
Interest expense, net of tax		—		885			—		4,862

Net income attributable to Equinix, basic and diluted	$	41,132	$	43,726		$	177,043	$	100,418


Weighted-average shares used to calculate basic EPS		57,082		53,137			56,894		51,369
Effect of dilutive securities:
Convertible debt		—		1,621			—		2,673
Employee equity awards		626		480			627		460

Weighted-average shares used to calculate diluted EPS		57,708		55,238			57,521		54,502


EPS attributable to Equinix:
Basic EPS	$	0.72	$	0.81		$	3.11	$	1.86

Diluted EPS	$	0.71	$	0.79		$	3.08	$	1.84

The following table sets forth weighted-average outstanding potential shares of common stock that are not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation above because to do so would be anti-dilutive for the periods indicated (in thousands):


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Shares reserved for conversion of 4.75% convertible subordinated notes		1,970		1,873		1,956		3,042
Common stock related to employee equity awards		201		156		117		176

		2,171		2,029		2,073		3,218

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3.	Acquisitions

Nimbo Acquisition

On January 14, 2015, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding share capital of Nimbo Technologies Inc. (“Nimbo”), a company which specializes in migrating business applications to the cloud with extensive experience moving legacy applications into a hybrid cloud architecture, and connecting legacy data centers to the cloud, for a cash payment of $10,000,000 and a contingent earn-out arrangement to be paid over two years (the “Nimbo Acquisition”). Nimbo continues to operate under the Nimbo name. The Nimbo Acquisition was accounted for using the acquisition method. As a result of the Nimbo Acquisition, the Company recorded goodwill of $17,154,000, which represents the excess of the total purchase price over the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The Company recorded the contingent earn-out arrangement at its estimated fair value. The results of operations for Nimbo are not significant to the Company; therefore, the Company does not present its purchase price allocation or pro forma combined results of operations. In addition, any prospective changes in the Company’s earn-out estimates are not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

Offer for TelecityGroup

On May 29, 2015, the Company announced a cash and share offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Telecity Group plc (“TelecityGroup”) for total consideration of approximately £2,351,900,000 or $3,594,409,000. The consummation of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approval, as further described in “Risk Factors”. The Company expects to close this transaction in the first half of 2016. As the offer to TelecityGroup includes an element of cash, the Company is required to include a confirmation that the Company has sufficient cash available to fulfill the offer, according to the UK Takeover Code. As a result, the Company placed £322,851,000 or approximately $493,801,000 into a restricted cash account, which was included in the current portion of restricted cash in its condensed consolidated balance sheet. Also, during the three months ended September 30, 2015, the Company entered into various option and forward contracts for the purposes of hedging a portion of the purchase price of the TelecityGroup Acquisition which resulted in a mark-to-market foreign currency loss of $11,636,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 recorded in other income (expense) in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

In addition, the Company entered into a bridge credit agreement with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMCB”) as the initial lender and as administrative agent for the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) for a principal amount of £875,000,000 or approximately $1,340,000,000 (the “Bridge Loan”). The Bridge Loan has an initial maturity of 12 months from the date of the first drawdown and, at the initial maturity date (if not repaid prior to that time), will be converted into seven-year extended bridge loans. The total estimated initial commitment fees associated with the Bridge Loan are approximately £4,375,000 or $6,701,000 at the exchange rate in effect on May 28, 2015, and will be paid on the earlier of the consummation of the acquisition and the termination of the Bridge Loan. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had accrued commitment fees of approximately $4,970,000 associated with the Bridge Loan in interest expense in its condensed consolidated statement of operations.

The Bridge Loan bears interest during the first three months in which the funds are advanced, at an initial annual rate of LIBOR plus 5.00%. Thereafter, the rate for each subsequent three-month period increases by 0.5% over the applicable margin in effect for the immediately preceding three-month period, subject to a cap (the “Total Cap”). Prior to February 28, 2016, the Total Cap is equal to 1.50% plus the greatest of (i) the yield on the Company’s 5.750% senior notes due 2025, (ii) the yield on the J.P. Morgan US Dollar Global High Yield Index minus 1.21% and (iii) 4.875%. On and after February 28, 2016, the Total Cap is equal to 1.75% plus the greatest of (i) the yield on the Company’s 5.750% senior notes due 2025, (ii) the yield on the J.P. Morgan US Dollar Global High Yield Index minus 1.21% and (iii) 4.875%. Under certain circumstances the Bridge Loan will bear interest at the Total Cap as determined weekly. The Bridge Loan is unsecured and is guaranteed by certain of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries. As of

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September 30, 2015, the Company had not made any advances on the Bridge Loan. The Company intends to obtain permanent financing prior to the closing of the TelecityGroup acquisition to replace and terminate the Bridge Loan.

Offer for Bit-isle

On September 8, 2015, the Company announced that, acting through its Japanese subsidiary, it had commenced a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of Tokyo-based Bit-isle Inc. (“Bit-isle”). The offer price was ¥922.0 per share, in an all cash transaction totaling ¥33,300,000,000 or approximately $280,000,000. The tender offer period ran from September 9, 2015 to October 26, 2015. The offer was conditioned on, among other things, the tender by Bit-isle shareholders of more than 66 2/3% of the Bit-isle shares and approximately 97% of shares (including stock options) were tendered. The Company will move forward to acquire the remaining shares under Japanese corporate law. The Company expects to complete the acquisition by the end of 2015.

On September 30, 2015, the Company, acting through its Japanese subsidiaries, as borrowers, entered into a Term Loan Agreement (the “Bridge Term Loan Agreement”) with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (“BTMU”). Pursuant to the Bridge Term Loan Agreement, BTMU has committed to provide a senior bridge term loan facility (the “Bridge Term Loan”) in the amount of up to ¥47,500,000,000, or approximately $395,833,000, at the exchange rate in effect on September 30, 2015. Proceeds from the Bridge Term Loan are to be used exclusively for the acquisition of Bit-isle, the repayment of Bit-isle’s existing debt and transaction costs incurred in connection with the closing of the Bridge Term Loan and the acquisition of Bit-isle. As of September 30, 2015, there have been no borrowings on the Bridge Term Loan. In October 2015, Company had the first draw down of JPY27,260,000,000 or approximately $226,940,000, at the exchange rate in effect on September 30, 2015 in preparation of closing the transaction.

The Bridge Term Loan is due one year after borrowing the first tranche. Borrowings under the Bridge Loan will bear interest at the Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate for Japanese Yen, plus a margin of 0.4% per annum for the first ten months following the borrowing of the first tranche of the Bridge Loan, which margin increases to 1.75% per annum thereafter. The Company intends to obtain permanent financing to replace and terminate the Bridge Term Loan prior to the maturity date.

4.	Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments

Net Investment Hedges. The Company is exposed to the impact of foreign exchange rate fluctuations in the investments in its wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries that are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. In order to mitigate the volatility in foreign currency exchange rates, the Company entered into a foreign currency term loan in April 2015 (as discussed in Note 7) and designated 100% of the term loan to hedge its net investments in its wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries that are denominated in the same foreign currencies as the term loan. All changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument designated as a net investment hedge, except the ineffective portion, are recorded as a component of other comprehensive income on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of September 30, 2015, the Company designated its foreign currency term loan to hedge investments in its wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries. As a result, the Company recorded foreign exchange gains of $4,426,000 in other comprehensive income for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and foreign exchange losses of $5,963,000 in other comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The Company recorded no ineffectiveness from its net investment hedges for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Cash Flow Hedges. The Company hedges its exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations for forecasted revenues and expenses in its EMEA region in order to help manage the Company’s exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the British pound, Euro and Swiss franc.

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Effective January 1, 2015, the Company entered into intercompany derivative hedging instruments (“intercompany derivatives”) with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and simultaneously entered into derivative contracts with unrelated parties to hedge certain forecasted revenues and expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The following disclosure is prepared on a consolidated basis; intercompany assets and liabilities resulting from intercompany derivatives are eliminated in consolidation.

As of September 30, 2015, the Company’s cash flow hedges had maturities within 1 month to 2.25 years, as follows (in thousands):


	Notional Amount		Fair Value (1)			Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (2) (3)
Derivative assets	$	345,806	$	11,171		$	23,874
Derivative liabilities		92,137		(2,310	)		(15,637	)

	$	437,943	$	8,861		$	8,237

(1)	All derivative assets related to cash flow hedges are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets within other current assets, other assets, other current liabilities and other liabilities.

(2)	Included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

(3)	The Company recorded a net gain of $8,112 within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) relating to cash flow hedges that will be reclassified to revenue and expenses as they mature in the next 12 months.

As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s cash flow hedges had maturities within 1 month to 1 year as follows (in thousands):


	Notional Amount		Fair Value (1)		Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (2)
Derivative assets	$	281,055	$	8,404	$	8,480
Derivative liabilities		—		—		—

	$	281,055	$	8,404	$	8,480

(1)	All derivative assets related to cash flow hedges are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets within other current assets, other assets, other current liabilities and other liabilities.

(2)	Included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, there were no ineffective cash flow hedges. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the amount of gains reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to revenue were $5,590,000 and the amount of net losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to operating expenses were insignificant. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, the amount of gains (losses) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to revenue and operating expenses were not significant.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, there were no ineffective cash flow hedges. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, gains of $21,096,000 were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to revenue and net losses of $4,167,000 were reclassified

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from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to operating expenses. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, net gains (losses) reclassified from accumulated other income (loss) to revenues and operating expenses were not significant.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

Embedded Derivatives. The Company is deemed to have foreign currency forward contracts embedded in certain of the Company’s customer agreements that are priced in currencies different from the functional or local currencies of the parties involved. These embedded derivatives are separated from their host contracts and carried on the Company’s balance sheet at their fair value. The majority of these embedded derivatives arise as a result of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries pricing their customer contracts in the U.S. dollar. Gains and losses on these embedded derivatives are included within revenues in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the gains (losses) associated with these embedded were not significant. During the three months ended September 30, 2014 the Company recognized a net gain of $2,745,000 associated with these embedded derivatives. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the gains (losses) associated with these embedded derivatives were not significant.

Economic Hedges of Embedded Derivatives. The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to manage the foreign exchange risk associated with the Company’s embedded derivatives (“economic hedges of embedded derivatives”). Gains and losses on these contracts are included in revenues along with gains and losses of the related embedded derivatives. The Company entered into various economic hedges of embedded derivatives during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the gains (losses) from these contracts were not significant and during the three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized a net loss of $2,979,000. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company recognized a net loss of $2,019,000 and during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the gains (losses) from these contracts were not significant.

Foreign Currency Forward and Option Contracts. The Company also uses foreign currency forward and options contracts to manage the foreign exchange risk associated with certain foreign currency-denominated assets and liabilities. As a result of foreign currency fluctuations, the U.S. dollar equivalent values of the foreign currency-denominated assets and liabilities change. Gains and losses on these contracts are included in other income (expense), net, along with those foreign currency gains and losses of the related foreign currency-denominated assets and liabilities associated with these foreign currency forward and options contracts. During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the company recognized a net gain of $12,776,000 and $4,073,000, respectively, associated with these contracts. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized a net gain of $10,315,000 and $6,975,000, respectively.

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Offsetting Derivative Assets and Liabilities

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 (in thousands):


	Gross Amounts		Gross amounts offset in the balance sheet		Net amounts (1)		Gross amounts not offset in the balance sheet (2)			Net
Assets:
Designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	11,171	$	—	$	11,171	$	(2,310	)	$	8,861


Not designated as hedging instruments:
Embedded derivatives		10,411		—		10,411		—			10,411
Economic hedges of embedded derivatives		17		—		17		(17	)		—
Foreign currency forward and option contracts		18,942		—		18,942		(10,655	)		8,287

		29,370		—		29,370		(10,672	)		18,698
Additional netting benefit		—		—		—		(4,223	)		(4,223	)

	$	40,541	$	—	$	40,541	$	(17,205	)	$	23,336


Liabilities:
Designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	2,310	$	—	$	2,310	$	(2,310	)	$	—


Not designated as hedging instruments:
Embedded derivatives		1,649		—		1,649		—			1,649
Economic hedges of embedded derivatives		194		—		194		(17	)		177
Foreign currency forward and option contracts		15,182		—		15,182		(10,655	)		4,527

		17,025		—		17,025		(10,672	)		6,353
Additional netting benefit		—		—		—		(4,223	)		(4,223	)

	$	19,335	$	—	$	19,335	$	(17,205	)	$	2,130

(1)	As presented in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets within other current assets, other assets, other current liabilities and other liabilities.

(2)

The Company enters into master netting agreements with its counterparties for transactions other than embedded derivatives to mitigate credit risk exposure to any single counterparty. Master netting agreements allow for individual derivative contracts with a single counterparty to offset in the event of default.

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The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2014 (in thousands):


	Gross Amounts		Gross amounts offset in the balance sheet		Net balance sheet amounts (1)		Gross amounts not offset in the balance sheet (2)			Net
Assets:
Designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	8,404	$	—	$	8,404	$	—		$	8,404


Not designated as hedging instruments:
Embedded derivatives		9,182		—		9,182		—			9,182
Foreign currency forward and option contracts		5,153		—		5,153		(138	)		5,015

		14,335		—		14,335		(138	)		14,197
Additional netting benefit		—		—		—		(508	)		(508	)

	$	22,739	$	—	$	22,739	$	(646	)	$	22,093


Liabilities:
Designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign currency forward contracts	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—		$	—


Not designated as hedging instruments:

Embedded derivatives		4		—		4		—			4
Economic hedges of embedded derivatives		390		—		390		—			390
Foreign currency forward and option contracts		416		—		416		(138	)		278

		810		—		810		(138	)		672
Additional netting benefit		—		—		—		(508	)		(508	)

	$	810	$	—	$	810	$	(646	)	$	164

(1)	As presented in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets within other current assets, other assets, other current liabilities and other liabilities.

(2)

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5.	Fair Value Measurements

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2015 were as follows (in thousands):


	Fair value at September 30, 2015		Fair value measurement using
	Fair value at September 30, 2015		Level 1		Level 2
Assets (1):
Money market and deposit accounts	$	8,020	$	8,020	$	—
Certificates of deposit		4,077		—		4,077
Derivative instruments (2)		40,541		—		40,541

	$	52,638	$	8,020	$	44,618

Liabilities:
Derivative instruments (2)	$	19,335	$	—	$	19,335

	$	19,335	$	—	$	19,335

(1)	Excludes cash and restricted cash.

(2)	Includes both foreign currency embedded derivatives and foreign currency forward contracts. Amounts are included within other current asset, other assets, others current liabilities and other liabilities in the Company’s accompanying consolidated condensed balance sheet.

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2014 were as follows (in thousands):


	Fair value at December 31, 2014		Fair value measurement using
	Fair value at December 31, 2014		Level 1		Level 2
Assets (1):
Money market and deposit accounts	$	402,964	$	402,964	$	—
U.S. government securities		336,440		336,440		—
U.S. government agency securities		192,955		—		192,955
Certificates of deposit		439		—		439
Derivative instruments (2)		22,739		—		22,739

	$	955,537	$	739,404	$	216,133

Liabilities:
Derivative instruments (2)	$	810	$	—	$	810

	$	810	$	—	$	810

(1)	Excludes cash and restricted cash

(2)	Includes embedded derivatives and foreign currency forward contracts. Amounts are included within other current assets, other assets, other current liabilities and other liabilities in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.

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The Company did not have any significant Level 3 financial assets or financial liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

6.	Leases

Capital Lease and Other Financing Obligations

Atlanta 1 Capital Lease

In May 2015, the Company entered into a lease amendment to extend the lease term of the Company’s Atlanta 1 IBX (the “AT1 Lease”). The lease was originally accounted for as an operating lease. Pursuant to the accounting standard for leases, the Company reassessed the lease classification of the AT1 Lease as a result of the lease amendment and determined that upon the amendment the lease should be accounted for as a capital lease. The Company recorded a capital lease asset and liability totaling approximately $21,274,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2015. The lease term was extended to September 2035.

Atlanta 2 Capital Lease

In January 2015, the Company entered into a lease amendment to extend the lease term of the Company’s Atlanta 2 IBX (the “AT2 Lease”). The lease was originally accounted for as an operating lease. Pursuant to the accounting standard for leases, the Company reassessed the lease classification of the AT2 Lease as a result of the lease amendment and determined that upon the amendment the lease should be accounted for as a capital lease. The Company recorded a capital lease asset totaling approximately $25,960,000 and a capital lease liability totaling approximately $26,230,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2015. The lease term, including a renewal option, was extended to December 2024.

Maturities of Capital Lease and Other Financing Obligations

The Company’s capital lease and other financing obligations are summarized as follows (in thousands):


	Capital lease obligations			Other financing obligations (1)			Total
2015 (3 months remaining)	$	18,735		$	13,638		$	32,373
2016		68,032			55,761			123,793
2017		70,086			58,794			128,880
2018		72,151			60,231			132,382
2019		74,063			58,412			132,475
Thereafter		904,734			559,075			1,463,809

Total minimum lease payments		1,207,801			805,911			2,013,712
Plus amount representing residual property value		—			408,683			408,683
Less estimated building costs		—			(4,580	)		(4,580	)
Less amount representing interest		(573,481	)		(618,978	)		(1,192,459	)

Present value of net minimum lease payments		634,320			591,036			1,225,356
Less current portion		(18,399	)		(8,376	)		(26,775	)

	$	615,921		$	582,660		$	1,198,581

1.	Other financing obligations are primarily build-to-suit lease obligations.

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7.	Debt Facilities

Mortgage and Loans Payable

The Company’s mortgage and loans payable consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Term loan	$	475,631		$	500,000
ALOG financings (1)		32,766			56,863
Mortgage payable and other loans payable		31,505			36,608

		539,902			593,471
Less amount representing debt discount and debt issuance cost (2)		(2,891	)		(3,477	)
Plus amount representing mortgage premium		2,062			2,281

		539,073			592,275
Less current portion		(55,024	)		(59,466	)

	$	484,049		$	532,809

(1)	ALOG Data Centers do Brasil S.A.

(2)	The Company adopted ASU 2015-03 during the three months ended September 30, 2015. As a result, debt issuance costs of $1,594,000 and $1,877,000 were reclassified from other assets to debt as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

On April 30, 2015, the Company, as borrower, and certain subsidiaries as guarantors entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its credit agreement dated December 17, 2014 (the “Original Credit Agreement” and, as amended, the “Amended Credit Agreement”). The Original Credit Agreement provided for a senior credit facility of $1,500,000,000, comprised of (i) a $1,000,000,000 senior secured multi-currency revolving credit facility and (ii) a $500,000,000 senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”). The Amended Credit Agreement facilitated the conversion of the outstanding U.S. dollar-denominated principal amount of the Term Loan Facility to an approximately equivalent amount denominated in four foreign currencies. In connection with the execution of the Amended Credit Agreement, on April 30, 2015 the Company prepaid the U.S. dollar-denominated $490,000,000 principal balance of the Term Loan Facility and immediately re-borrowed under the Term Loan Facility the aggregate principal amounts of CHF 47,780,000, €184,945,000, £92,586,000 and ¥11,924,000,000, or approximately $490,000,000. The Company accounted for this transaction as a debt modification. The Company did not incur any gains or losses relating to the debt modification.

The Company will repay the Term Loan Facility in equal quarterly installments on the last business day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on June 30, 2015, equal to the amount of 2.00% of the result of the respective Term Loan Facility on April 30, 2015 divided by 0.98. The remaining principal amount will be paid on the maturity date of the Term Loan Facility.

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Convertible Debt

The Company’s convertible debt consisted of the following (in thousands):


	September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
4.75% convertible subordinated notes	$	157,885		$	157,885
Less amount representing debt discount and debt issuance cost (1)		(6,350	)		(12,656	)

	$	151,535		$	145,229

(1)	The Company adopted ASU 2015-03 during the three months ended September 30, 2015. As a result, debt issuance costs of $303,000 and $624,000 were reclassified from other assets to debt as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes

Holders of the 4.75% convertible subordinated notes were eligible to convert their notes during the quarter ended September 30, 2015 and are eligible to convert their notes during the three months ending December 31, 2015, since the stock price condition conversion clause was met during the applicable periods. As of September 30, 2015, had the holders of the 4.75% convertible subordinated notes converted their notes, the 4.75% convertible subordinated notes would have been convertible into a maximum of 1,976,736 shares of the Company’s common stock.

The 4.75% convertible subordinated notes are scheduled to mature on June 15, 2016. Upon maturity (and assuming that no conversion occurs prior to such maturity), the Company will be obligated to settle any outstanding principal amount of the notes and accrued interest in cash. In addition, should conversion occur prior to maturity, the Company may, at its election, settle the obligation either in cash, stock or a combination of cash and stock.

To minimize the impact of potential dilution upon conversion of the 4.75% convertible subordinated notes, the Company entered into capped call transactions (the “Capped Call”) separate from the issuance of the 4.75% convertible subordinated notes and paid a premium of $49,664,000 for the Capped Call in 2009. The Capped Call covers a total of approximately 4,432,638 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to adjustment. Under the Capped Call, the Company effectively raised the conversion price of the 4.75% convertible subordinated notes from $84.32 to $114.82.

Pursuant to the declaration of the quarterly dividend in July 2015, the Company further amended the Capped Call agreement to adjust the effective conversion price of the 4.75% convertible subordinated notes from $79.87 to $108.68 per share of common stock. Depending upon the Company’s stock price at the time the 4.75% convertible subordinated notes are redeemed, the settlement of the Capped Call will result in a delivery of up to 1,240,460 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Company; however, the Company will receive no benefit from the Capped Call if the Company’s stock price is $79.87 or lower at the time of conversion and will receive less shares than the 1,240,460 share maximum as described above for share prices in excess of $108.68 at the time of conversion than it would have received at a share price of $108.68 (the Company’s benefit from the Capped Call is capped at $108.68 and the benefit received begins to decrease above this price).

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Senior Notes

The Company’s senior notes consisted of the following as of (in thousands):


	September 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
5.375% Senior Notes due 2023	$	1,000,000		$	1,000,000
5.375% Senior Notes due 2022		750,000			750,000
4.875% Senior Notes due 2020		500,000			500,000
5.75% Senior Notes due 2025		500,000			500,000

		2,750,000			2,750,000
Less amount representing debt issuance cost (1)		(29,552	)		(32,954	)

	$	2,720,448		$	2,717,046

(1)	The Company adopted ASU 2015-03 during the three months ended September 30, 2015, which resulted in a reclass of debt issuance costs from other assets to debt.

Maturities of Debt Facilities

The following table sets forth maturities of the Company’s debt, including mortgage and loans payable, convertible debt and senior notes and excluding debt discounts and premium as of September 30, 2015 (in thousands):


Year ending:
2015 (3 months remaining)	$	16,268
2016		212,791
2017		50,100
2018		46,565
2019		345,401
Thereafter		2,778,724

	$	3,449,849

Fair Value of Debt Facilities

The following table sets forth the estimated fair values of the Company’s mortgage and loans payable, senior notes and convertible debt, including current maturities, as of (in thousands):


	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Mortgage and loans payable	$	539,187	$	553,045
Convertible debt		160,600		162,159
Senior notes		2,731,233		2,790,023

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The Company has determined that the inputs used to value its debt facilities fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Interest Charges

The following table sets forth total interest costs incurred and total interest costs capitalized for the periods presented (in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Interest expense	$	76,269	$	63,756	$	219,556	$	199,450
Interest capitalized		1,831		5,565		8,677		13,050

Interest charges incurred	$	78,100	$	69,321	$	228,233	$	212,500

8.	Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

Primarily as a result of the Company’s various IBX expansion projects, as of September 30, 2015, the Company was contractually committed for $244.7 million of unaccrued capital expenditures, primarily for IBX equipment not yet delivered and labor not yet provided, in connection with the work necessary to open these IBX data centers and make them available to customers for installation. In addition, the Company had numerous other, non-capital purchase commitments in place as of September 30, 2015, such as commitments to purchase power in select locations through the remainder of 2015 and thereafter, and other open purchase orders for goods or services to be delivered or provided during the remainder of 2015 and thereafter. Such other miscellaneous purchase commitments totaled $395.9 million as of September 30, 2015.

In connection with the cash and share offer to TelecityGroup, the Company has entered into a cooperation agreement with TelecityGroup to secure the clearances and authorization necessary to satisfy the regulatory pre-condition to the TelecityGroup acquisition. The Company has agreed to pay to TelecityGroup £50,000,000 or approximately $76,415,000 if: (i) on or prior to November 29, 2016, the Company invokes the regulatory approvals condition, or (ii) on November 29, 2016, the regulatory approvals condition is not satisfied or waived by the Company.

9.	Stockholders’ Equity

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, are as follows (in thousands):


	Balance as of December 31, 2014			Net Change			Balance as of September 30, 2015
Foreign currency translation adjustment (“CTA”) gain (loss)	$	(336,946	)	$	(149,546	)	$	(486,492	)
Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges		6,603			(425	)		6,178
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities		(99	)		99			—
Net investment hedge CTA loss		—			(5,963	)		(5,963	)
Defined benefit plans		(2,001	)		266			(1,735	)

	$	(332,443	)	$	(155,569	)	$	(488,012	)

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Changes in foreign currency exchange rates can have a significant impact to the Company’s consolidated balance sheets (as evidenced above in the Company’s foreign currency translation gain or loss), as well as its consolidated results of operations, as amounts in foreign currencies are generally translating into more U.S. dollars when the U.S. dollar weakens or less U.S. dollars when the U.S. dollar strengthens. As of September 30, 2015, the U.S. dollar was generally stronger relative to certain of the currencies of the foreign countries in which the Company operates. This overall strength of the U.S. dollar had an overall unfavorable impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position because the foreign denominations translated into less U.S. dollars as evidenced by an increase in foreign currency translation loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as reflected in the above table. In future periods, the volatility of the U.S. dollar as compared to the other currencies in which the Company operates could have a significant impact on its consolidated financial position and results of operations including the amount of revenue that the Company reports in future periods.

Dividends

In September 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a special distribution of $627,289,000, or approximately $10.95 per share (the “2015 Special Distribution”), to its common stockholders. The 2015 Special Distribution represents an amount that includes the sum of: (1) foreign earnings and profits repatriated as dividend income in 2015; (2) taxable income in 2015 from depreciation recapture in respect of accounting method changes commenced in the Company’s pre-REIT period; and (3) certain other items of taxable income. The Company expects that the value of the 2015 Special Distribution, plus all of its other distributions during 2015, will equal or exceed the taxable income the Company expects to recognize in 2015.

The 2015 Special Distribution is payable on November 10, 2015 to the Company’s common stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 8, 2015. Common stockholders can elect to receive payment of the 2015 Special Distribution in the form of stock or cash, with total cash payment to all stockholders limited to no more than $125.4 million, or 20% of the total distribution. The amount of common stock to be distributed will be determined based upon the average closing price of the common stock on the three consecutive trading days commencing November 3, 2015.

On July 29, 2015, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.69 per share, with a record date of August 26, 2015 and a payment date of September 16, 2015. The Company paid a total of $96,408,000 on September 16, 2015 for the third quarter cash dividend. In addition, the Company accrued an additional $2,244,000 in dividends payable for the restricted stock units that have not yet vested.

On May 7, 2015, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.69 per share, with a record date of May 27, 2015 and a payment date of June 17, 2015. The Company paid a total of $96,203,000 on June 17, 2015 for the second quarter cash dividend. In addition, the Company accrued an additional $2,443,000 in dividends payable for the restricted stock units that have not yet vested.

On February 19, 2015, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.69 per share, with a record date of March 11, 2015 and a payment date of March 25, 2015. The Company paid a total of $96,196,000 on March 25, 2015 for the first quarter cash dividend. In addition, the Company accrued an additional $2,630,000 in dividends payable for the restricted stock units that have not yet vested.

EQUINIX, INC.

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Stock-Based Compensation

In February 2015, the Compensation Committee and the Stock Award Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the issuance of an aggregate of 586,646 shares of restricted stock units to certain employees, including executive officers, pursuant to the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, as part of the Company’s annual refresh program. These equity awards are subject to vesting provisions and have a weighted-average grant date fair value of $222.40 and a weighted-average requisite service period of 3.44 years. The valuation of restricted stock units with only a service condition or a service and performance condition requires no significant assumptions as the fair value for these types of equity awards is based solely on the fair value of the Company’s stock price on the date of grant. In connection with the Company’s REIT conversion, the Company used revenue and adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”) as the performance measurements in the restricted stock units with both service and performance conditions that were granted in February 2015, whereby revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) were used as the performance measurements in prior years’ grants.

The Company uses a Monte Carlo simulation option-pricing model to determine the fair value of restricted stock units with a service and market condition. There were no significant changes in the assumptions used to determine the fair value of restricted stock units with a service and market condition that were granted in 2015 compared to the prior year.

The following table presents, by operating expense category, the Company’s stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations (in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Cost of revenues	$	2,514	$	2,145	$	7,371	$	6,243
Sales and marketing		9,173		7,256		27,806		22,199
General and administrative		22,282		18,261		63,398		58,031

	$	33,969	$	27,662	$	98,575	$	86,473

10.

Segment Information

While the Company has a single line of business, which is the design, build-out and operation of IBX data centers, it has determined that it has three reportable segments comprised of its Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific geographic regions. The Company’s chief operating decision-maker evaluates performance, makes operating decisions and allocates resources based on the Company’s revenue and adjusted EBITDA performance both on a consolidated basis and based on these three reportable segments. The Company defines adjusted EBITDA as income from operations plus depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring charges, impairment charges and acquisition costs as presented below (in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Adjusted EBITDA:
Americas	$	174,170		$	160,075		$	517,790		$	467,763
EMEA		81,403			69,786			236,967			198,342
Asia-Pacific		65,899			54,000			183,725			153,421

Total adjusted EBITDA		321,472			283,861			938,482			819,526
Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense		(133,268	)		(121,349	)		(384,068	)		(351,033	)
Stock-based compensation expense		(33,969	)		(27,662	)		(98,575	)		(86,473	)
Acquisition costs		(13,352	)		281			(24,374	)		(580	)

Income from operations	$	140,883		$	135,131		$	431,465		$	381,440

EQUINIX, INC.

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The Company also provides the following additional segment disclosures (in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015			2014
Total revenues:
Americas	$	382,630	$	347,412	$	1,118,046		$	1,019,701
EMEA		177,563		161,580		516,153			470,172
Asia-Pacific		126,456		111,449		361,206			315,782

	$	686,649	$	620,441	$	1,995,405		$	1,805,655

Total depreciation and amortization:
Americas	$	69,721	$	66,198	$	205,674		$	188,990
EMEA		32,851		27,454		86,991			84,875
Asia-Pacific		29,831		26,370		88,750			75,862

	$	132,403	$	120,022	$	381,415		$	349,727

Capital expenditures:
Americas	$	105,250	$	77,241	$	340,905	(1) (2)	$	232,462
EMEA		39,816		35,177		124,299			77,842
Asia-Pacific		70,980		43,586		170,834			128,212	(3)

	$	216,046	$	156,004	$	636,038		$	438,516

(1)	Includes the purchase price for the business acquisitions, net of cash acquired, which totaled $10,247.

(2)	Includes the purchase price for the San Jose land purchase, which totaled $38,282.

(3)	Includes the purchase of real estate totaling $16,791.

The Company’s long-lived assets are located in the following geographic areas as of (in thousands):


	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Americas	$	3,022,087	$	2,874,562
EMEA		1,136,938		1,135,319
Asia-Pacific		1,059,570		988,389

	$	5,218,595	$	4,998,270

EQUINIX, INC.

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Revenue information on a services basis is as follows (in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Colocation	$	511,652	$	462,466	$	1,489,807	$	1,349,749
Interconnection		110,568		95,648		316,887		273,643
Managed infrastructure		22,327		27,757		69,648		80,997
Rental		2,174		2,566		6,727		7,909

Recurring revenues		646,721		588,437		1,883,069		1,712,298
Non-recurring revenues		39,928		32,004		112,336		93,357

	$	686,649	$	620,441	$	1,995,405	$	1,805,655

No single customer accounted for 10% or greater of the Company’s revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. No single customer accounted for 10% or greater of the Company’s gross accounts receivable as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

11.

Subsequent Events

On October 28, 2015, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.69 per share, which is payable on December 16, 2015 to the Company’s common stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 9, 2015.

Item 2.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The information in this discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements are based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. For example, the words ‘‘believes,’’ ‘‘anticipates,’’ ‘‘plans,’’ ‘‘expects,’’ ‘‘intends’’ and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results and the timing of certain events may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those discussed in “Liquidity and Capital Resources’’ below and ‘‘Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements in this document are based on information available to us as of the date of this Report and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.

Our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is intended to assist readers in understanding our financial information from our management’s perspective and is presented as follows:

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Overview

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Results of Operations

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

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Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Overview

In September 2015, as more fully described in Note 3 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we announced a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of Tokyo-based Bit-isle Inc. (“Bit-isle”) valued at ¥33.3 billion Japanese Yen or approximately $280.0 million U.S. dollars at the time of the announcement. The tender offer period ran from September 9, 2015 to October 26, 2015. The offer was conditioned on, among other things, the tender by Bit-isle shareholders of more than 66 2/3% of the Bit-isle shares and approximately 97% of shares (including stock options) were tendered. We will move forward to acquire the remaining shares under Japanese corporate law and expect to complete the acquisition by the end of 2015. In connection with the transaction, we entered into a term loan agreement with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UJF, LTD (“BTMU”). Pursuant to the term loan agreement, BTMU has committed to provide a senior bridge term loan facility (“Bridge Term Loan”) of up to ¥47.5 billion or approximately $395.8 million. The Bridge Term Loan is dedicated solely for the acquisition of Bit-isle, the repayment of Bit-isle’s existing debt and transaction costs incurred in connection with the closing of the Bridge Term Loan and the acquisition of Bit-isle. In October 2015, we had the first draw down of JPY 27.3 billion or approximately $226.9 million, at the exchange rate in effect on September 30, 2015, in preparation of closing the transaction. The Bridge Term Loan is due one year after borrowing the first tranche. We intend to obtain permanent financing to replace and terminate the Bridge Term Loan prior to the maturity date.

In May 2015, as more fully described in Note 3 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we announced an offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Telecity Group plc (“TelecityGroup”), valued at approximately £2.4 billion or $3.6 billion at the time of the announcement. The consummation of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approval, as further described in “Risk Factors”. We expect to close this transaction in the first half of 2016. In connection with the transaction, we also entered into a bridge credit agreement with J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMCB”) as the initial lender and as administrative agent for the lenders from time to time who will be a party thereto (the

“Lenders”), for a principal amount of £875.0 million or approximately $1.3 billion (the “Bridge Loan”). The Bridge Loan is dedicated solely for the acquisition of TelecityGroup and to satisfy funds certainty requirements. We intend to obtain permanent financing prior to the closing of the acquisition to replace and terminate the Bridge Loan.

In April 2015, as more fully described in Note 7 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) of our Credit Agreement dated December 17, 2014 (the “Original Credit Agreement”). The Amendment allowed for the conversion of the outstanding U.S. dollar-denominated principal amount of the term loan facility to an approximately equivalent amount denominated in four foreign currencies. In connection with the execution of the Amendment, on April 30, 2015, we repaid the U.S. dollar-denominated $490.0 million principal balance of the term loan facility and immediately re-borrowed under the term loan facility the aggregate principal amount of CHF 47.8 million, €184.9 million, £92.6 million and ¥11.9 million, or approximately $490.0 million.

Equinix provides global data center offerings that protect and connect the world’s most valued information assets. Global enterprises, financial services companies and content and network service providers rely upon Equinix’s leading insight and data centers in 33 markets around the world for the safehousing of their critical IT equipment and the ability to directly connect to the networks that enable today’s information-driven economy. Equinix offers the following solutions: (i) premium data center colocation, (ii) interconnection and (iii) exchange and outsourced IT infrastructure services. As of September 30, 2015, we operated or had partner International Business Exchange^® (“IBX”) data centers in the Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Toronto and Washington, D.C. metro areas in the Americas region; France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) region; and Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore in the Asia-Pacific region.

Our data centers in 33 markets around the world are a global platform, which allows our customers to increase information and application delivery performance while significantly reducing costs. Based on our global platform and the quality of our IBX data centers, we believe we have established a critical mass of customers. As more customers locate in our IBX data centers, it benefits their suppliers and business partners to colocate as well, in order to gain the full economic and performance benefits of our offerings. These partners, in turn, pull in their business partners, creating a “marketplace” for their services. Our global platform enables scalable, reliable and cost-effective colocation, interconnection and traffic exchange that lowers overall cost and increases flexibility. Our focused business model is built on our critical mass of customers and the resulting “marketplace” effect. This global platform, combined with our strong financial position, continues to drive new customer growth and bookings.

Historically, our market has been served by large telecommunications carriers who have bundled telecommunications products and services with their colocation offerings. The data center market landscape has evolved to include cloud computing/utility providers, application hosting providers and systems integrators, managed infrastructure hosting providers and colocation providers. More than 350 companies provide data center solutions in the U.S. alone. Each of these data center solutions providers can bundle various colocation, interconnection and network offerings, and outsourced IT infrastructure services. We are able to offer our customers a global platform that reaches 15 countries with proven operational reliability, improved application performance and network choice, and a highly scalable set of offerings.

Our utilization rate was approximately 81% as of September 30, 2015 and 77% as of September 30, 2014; however, excluding the impact of our IBX data center expansion projects that have opened during the last 12 months, our utilization rate would have increased to approximately 84% as of September 30, 2015. Our utilization rate varies from market to market among our IBX data centers across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. We continue to monitor the available capacity in each of our selected markets. To the extent we have limited capacity available in a given market it may limit our ability for growth in that market. We perform demand studies on an ongoing basis to determine if future expansion

is warranted in a market. In addition, power and cooling requirements for most customers are growing on a per unit basis. As a result, customers are consuming an increasing amount of power per cabinet. Although we generally do not control the amount of power our customers draw from installed circuits, we have negotiated power consumption limitations with certain of our high power demand customers. This increased power consumption has driven the requirement to build out our new IBX data centers to support power and cooling needs twice that of previous IBX data centers. We could face power limitations in our IBX data centers even though we may have additional physical cabinet capacity available within a specific IBX data center. This could have a negative impact on the available utilization capacity of a given IBX data center, which could have a negative impact on our ability to grow revenues, affecting our financial performance, operating results and cash flows.

Strategically, we will continue to look at attractive opportunities to grow our market share and selectively improve our footprint and offerings. As was the case with our recent expansions and acquisitions, our expansion criteria will be dependent on a number of factors, such as demand from new and existing customers, quality of the design, power capacity, access to networks, capacity availability in the current market location, amount of incremental investment required by us in the targeted property, lead-time to break even on a free cash flow basis, and in-place customers. Like our recent expansions and acquisitions, the right combination of these factors may be attractive to us. Depending on the circumstances, these transactions may require additional capital expenditures funded by upfront cash payments or through long-term financing arrangements in order to bring these properties up to Equinix standards. Property expansion may be in the form of purchases of real property, long-term leasing arrangements or acquisitions. Future purchases, construction or acquisitions may be completed by us or with partners or potential customers to minimize the outlay of cash, which can be significant.

Our business is based on a recurring revenue model comprised of colocation and related interconnection and managed infrastructure offerings. We consider these offerings recurring because our customers are generally billed on a fixed and recurring basis each month for the duration of their contract, which is generally one to three years in length. Our recurring revenues have comprised more than 90% of our total revenues during the past three years. In addition, during any given quarter of the past three years, more than half of our monthly recurring revenue bookings came from existing customers, contributing to our revenue growth. During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, our largest customer accounted for approximately 3% and 2% of our recurring revenues, respectively. Our 50 largest customers accounted for approximately 37% and 35% of our recurring revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, our largest customer accounted for approximately 3% and 2% of our recurring revenues, respectively. Our 50 largest customers accounted for approximately 36% and 34% of our recurring revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Our non-recurring revenues are primarily comprised of installation services related to a customer’s initial deployment and professional services that we perform. These services are considered to be non-recurring because they are billed typically once, upon completion of the installation or the professional services work performed. The majority of these non-recurring revenues are typically billed on the first invoice distributed to the customer in connection with their initial installation. However, revenues from installation services are deferred and recognized ratably over the expected life of the customer installation. Additionally, revenue from contract settlements, when a customer wishes to terminate their contract early, is recognized when no remaining performance obligations exist and collectability is reasonably assured, to the extent that the revenue has not previously been recognized. As a percentage of total revenues, we expect non-recurring revenues to represent less than 10% of total revenues for the foreseeable future.

Our Americas revenues are derived primarily from colocation and related interconnection offerings, and our EMEA and Asia-Pacific revenues are derived primarily from colocation and managed infrastructure offerings.

The largest components of our cost of revenues are depreciation, rental payments related to our leased IBX data centers, utility costs, including electricity and bandwidth, IBX data center employees’

salaries and benefits, including stock-based compensation, repairs and maintenance, supplies and equipment and security services. A substantial majority of our cost of revenues is fixed in nature and should not vary significantly from period to period, unless we expand our existing IBX data centers or open or acquire new IBX data centers. However, there are certain costs which are considered more variable in nature, including utilities and supplies that are directly related to growth in our existing and new customer base. We expect the cost of our utilities, specifically electricity, will generally increase in the future on a per-unit or fixed basis in addition to the variable increase related to the growth in consumption by our customers. In addition, the cost of electricity is generally higher in the summer months as compared to other times of the year. To the extent we incur increased utility costs, such increased costs could materially impact our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Furthermore, to the extent we incur increased electricity costs as a result of either climate change policies or the physical effects of climate change, such increased costs could materially impact our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for sales and marketing personnel, including stock-based compensation, sales commissions, marketing programs, public relations, promotional materials and travel, as well as bad debt expense and amortization of customer contract intangible assets.

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenses, including stock-based compensation, accounting, legal and other professional service fees, and other general corporate expenses such as our corporate regional headquarters office leases and some depreciation expense.

Due to our recurring revenue model, and a cost structure which has a large base that is fixed in nature and generally does not grow in proportion to revenue growth, we expect our cost of revenues, sales and marketing expenses and general and administrative expenses to decline as a percentage of revenues over time, although we expect each of them to grow in absolute dollars in connection with our growth. However, for cost of revenues, this trend may periodically be impacted when a large expansion project opens or is acquired, and before it starts generating any meaningful revenue. Furthermore, in relation to cost of revenues, we note that the Americas region has a lower cost of revenues as a percentage of revenue than either EMEA or Asia-Pacific. This is due to both the increased scale and maturity of the Americas region, compared to either the EMEA or Asia-Pacific region, as well as a higher cost structure outside of the Americas, particularly in EMEA. While we expect all three regions to continue to see lower cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in future periods, we expect the trend that sees the Americas having the lowest cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues to continue. As a result, to the extent that revenue growth outside the Americas grows in greater proportion than revenue growth in the Americas, our overall cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues may increase in future periods. Sales and marketing expenses may periodically increase as a percentage of revenues as we continue to scale our operations to invest in sales and marketing initiatives to further increase our revenue, including the hiring of additional headcount and new product innovations. General and administrative expenses may also periodically increase as a percentage of revenues as we continue to scale our operations to support our growth.

Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) Conversion

In September 2012, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a plan for Equinix to pursue conversion to a REIT. On December 23, 2014, our Board of Directors formally approved our conversion to a REIT effective on January 1, 2015. We completed the implementation of the REIT conversion in 2014, and as a result we began operating as a REIT for federal income tax purposes effective January 1, 2015. In May 2015, we received a favorable response to the private letter ruling (“PLR”) we had requested from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) in connection with our conversion to a REIT for federal income tax purposes. The REIT conversion includes almost all of our data center operations in the U.S., Europe and Japan; our data center operations in other jurisdictions have initially been designated as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”).

As a REIT, we generally are permitted to deduct from federal taxable income the dividends we pay to our stockholders (including, for this purpose, the value of any deemed distribution on account of adjustments to the conversion rate relating to our outstanding debt securities that are convertible into our common stock, provided the deemed distribution is not a preferential dividend). The income represented by such dividends is not subject to federal taxation at the entity level but is taxed, if at all, at the stockholder level. Nevertheless, the income of our TRSs which hold our U.S. operations that may not be REIT-compliant, are subject, as applicable, to federal and state corporate income tax. Likewise, our foreign subsidiaries continue to be subject to foreign income taxes in jurisdictions in which they hold assets or conduct operations, regardless of whether held or conducted through TRSs or through qualified REIT subsidiaries (“QRSs”). We are also subject to a separate corporate income tax on any gains recognized during a specified period (generally 10 years) following the REIT conversion that are attributable to “built-in” gains with respect to the assets that we owned on January 1, 2015. Our ability to qualify for taxation as a REIT will depend upon our compliance with various requirements, including requirements related to the nature of our assets, the sources of our income and the distributions to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we will be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to some federal, state, local and foreign taxes on our income and property in addition to taxes owed with respect to our TRSs operations. In particular, while state income tax regimes often parallel the federal income tax regime for REITs, many states do not completely follow federal rules and some may not follow them at all.

We expect to incur a total of approximately $360.0 to $370.0 million in tax liabilities associated with a change in our methods of depreciating and amortizing various data center assets for tax purposes from our prior methods to methods that are more consistent with the characterization of such assets as real property for REIT purposes. These liabilities have been and continue to be generally payable over a four-year period starting in 2012. As of September 30, 2015, we have settled $346.3 million of the estimated federal and state tax liability related to this recapture of depreciation and amortization expenses. The remaining tax liability is expected to be settled by the end of 2015.

As a REIT, we also expect to incur approximately $10.0 million annually in compliance costs beginning in 2015.

On October 16, 2014, we announced the declaration by our Board of Directors of a special distribution (the “2014 Special Distribution”) of $416.0 million on our shares of common stock, payable in either common stock or cash to, and at the election of, our stockholders of record as of October 27, 2014. Common stockholders elected to receive payment of the 2014 Special Distribution in the form of stock or cash, with the total cash payment to all stockholders limited to a maximum of $83.2 million. The amount of the 2014 Special Distribution, plus the value of the deemed distribution on account of the adjustment to the conversion rate relating to our outstanding 4.75% convertible subordinated notes that was made as a result of the 2014 Special Distribution (the “2014 Conversion Rate Adjustment”), exceeded our previously undistributed accumulated earnings and profits attributable to all taxable periods ending prior to January 1, 2015.

On September 28, 2015, we announced the declaration by our Board of Directors of a special distribution (the “2015 Special Distribution”) of $627.0 million on our shares of common stock, payable in either common stock or cash to, and at the election of, our stockholders of record as of October 8, 2015. Common stockholders have the right to elect, prior to November 2, 2015, to receive payment of the 2015 Special Distribution in the form of stock or cash, with the total cash payment to all stockholders limited to a maximum of $125.4 million. The 2015 Special Distribution includes the sum of: (1) estimated foreign earnings and profits repatriated as dividend income to be recognized in 2015; (2) taxable income in 2015 from depreciation recapture in respect of accounting method changes commenced in our pre-REIT period; and (3) certain other items of taxable income.

In connection with our conversion to a REIT effective January 1, 2015, we also paid quarterly cash dividends of $1.69 per share on each of March 25, 2015, June 17, 2015, and September 16, 2015. On October 28, 2015, we declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.69 per share, which will be paid on December 16, 2015 to shareholders of record on December 9, 2015. We expect that the amount of the

2015 Special Distribution, plus the amount of all of our other distributions during 2015 and the expected value of the deemed distributions on account of the adjustments to the conversion rate relating to our outstanding 4.75% convertible subordinated notes that are or will be made as a result of our 2015 distributions, will equal or exceed the taxable income that we expect to recognize in 2015.

We continue to monitor our REIT compliance to maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT. For this, and other reasons, as necessary, we may convert certain of our data center operations in Canada and additional countries in Asia-Pacific into the REIT in future periods.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014

Revenues. Our revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were generated from the following revenue classifications and geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas:
Recurring revenues	$	360,687		53	%	$	330,683		53	%		9	%		13	%
Non-recurring revenues		21,943		3	%		16,729		3	%		31	%		32	%

		382,630		56	%		347,412		56	%		10	%		14	%

EMEA:
Recurring revenues		166,156		24	%		152,803		25	%		9	%		23	%
Non-recurring revenues		11,407		2	%		8,777		1	%		30	%		49	%

		177,563		26	%		161,580		26	%		10	%		24	%

Asia-Pacific:
Recurring revenues		119,878		17	%		104,951		17	%		14	%		28	%
Non-recurring revenues		6,578		1	%		6,498		1	%		1	%		13	%

		126,456		18	%		111,449		18	%		13	%		27	%

Total:
Recurring revenues		646,721		94	%		588,437		95	%		10	%		18	%
Non-recurring revenues		39,928		6	%		32,004		5	%		25	%		33	%

	$	686,649		100	%	$	620,441		100	%		11	%		19	%

Americas Revenues. Our revenues from the U.S., the largest revenue contributor in the Americas region for the period, represented approximately 93% and 91%, respectively, of the regional revenues during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Growth in Americas revenues was primarily due to (i) approximately $8.7 million of revenue generated from our recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions in the Atlanta, Miami, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Silicon Valley, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. metro areas and (ii) an increase in orders from both our existing customers and new customers during the period. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the U.S. dollar was generally stronger relative to the Canadian dollar and Brazilian real than during the three months ended September 30, 2014, resulting in approximately $12.2 million of unfavorable foreign currency impact to our Americas revenues during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to average exchange rates of the three months ended September 30, 2014. We expect that our Americas revenues will continue to grow in future periods as a result of continued growth in the recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions and additional expansions currently taking place in the Atlanta, Dallas, São Paulo and Washington D.C. metro areas, which are expected to open during the remainder of 2015 and 2016. Our estimates of future revenue growth take account of expected changes in recurring revenues attributed to customer bookings, customer churn or changes or amendments to customers’ contracts.

EMEA Revenues. Our revenues from the U.K., the largest revenue contributor in the EMEA region for the period, represented approximately 38% and 36%, respectively, of the regional revenues during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Our EMEA revenue growth was primarily due to (i) approximately $7.4 million of revenue from our recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions in the Amsterdam, London, and Paris metro areas and (ii) an increase in orders from both our existing customers and new customers during the period. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations resulted in approximately $23.6 million of unfavorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA revenues primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the British pound and Euro during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014. We expect that our EMEA revenues will continue to grow in future periods as a result of continued growth in recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions and additional expansions currently taking place in the Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and London metro areas, which are expected to open in 2016. Our estimates of future revenue growth take account of expected changes in recurring revenues attributed to customer bookings, customer churn or changes or amendments to customers’ contracts.

Asia-Pacific Revenues. Our revenues from Singapore, the largest revenue contributor in the Asia-Pacific region, represented approximately 39% and 38%, respectively, of the regional revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Our Asia-Pacific revenue growth was primarily due to (i) approximately $13.0 million of revenue generated from our recently-opened IBX data center expansions in the Hong Kong, Melbourne, Osaka, Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo metro areas and (ii) an increase in orders from both our existing customers and new customers during the period. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the U.S. dollar was generally stronger relative to the Australian dollar, Japanese yen and Singaporean dollar, than during the three months ended September 30, 2014, resulting in approximately $15.0 million of unfavorable foreign currency impact to our Asia-Pacific revenues during the three months ended September 30, 2015 when compared to average exchange rates during the three months ended September 30, 2014. We expect that our Asia-Pacific revenues will continue to grow in future periods as a result of continued growth in these recently-opened IBX data centers and additional expansions currently taking place in the Melbourne, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo metro areas, which are expected to open in 2016. Our estimates of future revenue growth take account of expected changes in recurring revenues attributed to customer bookings, or changes or amendments to customers’ contracts as well as the impact of our acquisition of Bit-isle.

Cost of Revenues. Our cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were split among the following geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas	$	161,998		50	%	$	154,977		51	%		5	%		11	%
EMEA		92,893		28	%		83,704		28	%		11	%		27	%
Asia-Pacific		70,577		22	%		65,371		21	%		8	%		20	%

Total	$	325,468		100	%	$	304,052		100	%		7	%		17	%


	Three months ended September 30,
	2015			2014
Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues:
Americas		42	%		45	%
EMEA		52	%		53	%
Asia-Pacific		56	%		62	%
Total		47	%		50	%

Americas Cost of Revenues. The increase in our Americas cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014 was primarily due to $5.3 million of higher utilities, repairs and maintenance costs in support of our business growth. In addition, the increase in our Americas cost of revenues is due to $1.9 million of higher real property and personal property tax expenses, mainly due to our new IBX data center in the Toronto metro area. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Americas cost of revenues resulted in approximately $9.8 million of favorable foreign currency impact to our Americas cost of revenues primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the Brazilian real and Canadian dollar during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014. We expect Americas cost of revenues to increase as we continue to grow our business.

EMEA Cost of Revenues. Our EMEA cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 included $27.4 million and $23.5 million, respectively, of depreciation expense. The growth in depreciation expense was primarily due to our IBX data center expansion activity. Excluding depreciation expense, the increase in our EMEA cost of revenues was primarily due to $4.9 million of higher costs associated with equipment resale and certain custom services provided to our customers as well as an increase in net losses relating to the cash flow derivatives. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our EMEA cost of revenues resulted in approximately $13.1 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA cost of revenues primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the British pound and Euro during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014. We expect EMEA cost of revenues to increase as we continue to grow our business.

Asia-Pacific Cost of Revenues. Our Asia-Pacific cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 included $28.6 million and $25.1 million, respectively, of depreciation expense. The growth in depreciation expense was primarily due to our IBX data center expansion activity. Excluding depreciation expense, the increase in our Asia-Pacific cost of revenues was due to $2.2 million of higher compensation costs, including general salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation and headcount growth (374 employees included in Asia-Pacific cost of revenues as of September 30, 2015 versus 331 as of September 30, 2014) and higher costs associated with rent, facilities and real property taxes in support of our business growth. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Asia-Pacific cost of revenues resulted in approximately $7.7 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our Asia-Pacific cost of revenues primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the Australian dollar, Japanese yen, and Singapore dollar, during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014. We expect Asia-Pacific cost of revenues to increase as we continue to grow our business, including from the impact of our acquisition of Bit-isle.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. Our sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were split among the following geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas	$	53,575		64	%	$	41,238		57	%		30	%		34	%
EMEA		17,923		21	%		19,874		28	%		-10	%		0	%
Asia-Pacific		12,211		15	%		11,073		15	%		10	%		21	%

Total	$	83,709		100	%	$	72,185		100	%		16	%		23	%


	Three months ended September 30,
	2015			2014
Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues:
Americas		14	%		12	%
EMEA		10	%		12	%
Asia-Pacific		10	%		10	%
Total		12	%		12	%

Americas Sales and Marketing Expenses. The increase in our Americas sales and marketing expenses was primarily due to $8.2 million of higher compensation costs, including sales compensation, general salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation and headcount growth (480 Americas sales and marketing employees as of September 30, 2014 versus 440 as of September 30, 2014) and $3.6 million of higher advertising, promotion, travel and professional service fees to support our growth. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Americas sales and marketing expenses was not significant when compared to average exchange rates of the three months ended September 30, 2014. Over the past several years, we have been investing in our Americas sales and marketing initiatives to further increase our revenue. These investments have included the hiring of additional headcount and new product innovation efforts and, as a result, our Americas sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues have increased. Although we anticipate that we will continue to invest in Americas sales and marketing initiatives, we believe our Americas sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues will remain at approximately current levels over the next year but should ultimately decrease as we continue to grow our business.

EMEA Sales and Marketing Expenses. Our EMEA sales and marketing expenses did not materially change during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the U.S. dollar was generally stronger relative to the British pound and Euro than during the three months ended September 30, 2014, resulting in approximately $2.0 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA sales and marketing expenses during the three months ended September 30, 2015 when compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014. Over the past several years, we have been investing in our EMEA sales and marketing initiatives to further increase our revenue. We believe our EMEA sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues will remain at approximately current levels over the next year but should ultimately decrease as we continue to grow our business.

Asia-Pacific Sales and Marketing Expenses. Our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses did not materially change during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014. For the three months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses was not significant when compared to average exchange rates of the three months ended September 30, 2014. Over the past several years, we have been investing in our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing initiatives to further increase our revenue. These investments have included the hiring of additional headcount and new

product innovation efforts and, as a result, our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses have increased. Although we anticipate that we will continue to invest in Asia-Pacific sales and marketing initiatives, which will also increase as a result of the Bit-isle acquisition, we believe our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues will remain at approximately current levels over the next year or two but should ultimately decrease as we continue to grow our business.

General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were split among the following geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas	$	88,815		72	%	$	78,864		72	%		13	%		14	%
EMEA		22,737		18	%		19,154		18	%		19	%		28	%
Asia-Pacific		11,685		10	%		11,336		10	%		3	%		13	%

Total	$	123,237		100	%	$	109,354		100	%		13	%		16	%


	Three months ended September 30,
	2015			2014
General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues:
Americas		23	%		23	%
EMEA		13	%		12	%
Asia-Pacific		9	%		11	%
Total		18	%		18	%

Americas General and Administrative Expenses. The increase in our Americas general and administrative expenses was primarily due to (i) $9.3 million of higher travel and office expenses, and compensation costs, including general salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and headcount growth (787 Americas general and administrative employees as of September 30, 2015 versus 729 as of September 30, 2014) and (ii) $4.8 million of higher depreciation expense associated with the implementation of our Oracle R12 ERP system, certain systems to improve our quote to order and billing processes and other systems to support the REIT conversion, partially offset by a $3.9 million reduction in professional fees from our REIT conversion incurred during the three months ended September 30, 2014. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Americas general and administrative expenses was not significant when compared to average exchange rates for the three months ended September 30, 2014. Over the course of the past year, we have been investing in our Americas general and administrative functions to scale this region effectively for growth, which has included additional investments into improving our back office systems. We expect our current efforts to improve our back office systems will continue over the next several years. Going forward, although we are carefully monitoring our spending, we expect Americas general and administrative expenses to increase as we continue to further scale our operations to support our growth.

EMEA General and Administrative Expenses. The increase in our EMEA general and administrative expenses was primarily due to $2.7 million of higher depreciation and higher compensation costs, including general salaries, bonus, stock-based compensation and headcount growth (405 EMEA general and administrative employees as of September 30, 2015 versus 339 as of September 30, 2014). For the three months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to EMEA general and administrative expenses was not significant when compared to the average exchange rates for the three months ended September 30, 2014. Over the course of the past year, we have been investing in our EMEA general and administrative functions as a result of our ongoing efforts to scale this region effectively for growth. Going forward, although we are carefully monitoring our spending given the current

economic environment, we expect our EMEA general and administrative expenses to increase in future periods as we continue to scale our operations to support our growth; however, as a percentage of revenues, we generally expect them to decrease.

Asia-Pacific General and Administrative Expenses. Our Asia-Pacific general and administrative expenses did not materially change and the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Asia-Pacific general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was not significant when compared to average exchange rates of the three months ended September 30, 2014. Going forward, although we are carefully monitoring our spending given the current economic environment, we expect Asia-Pacific general and administrative expenses to increase as we continue to scale our operations to support our growth and also increase as a result of the Bit-isle acquisition; however, as a percentage of revenues, we generally expect them to decrease.

Acquisition Costs. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, we recorded acquisition costs totaling $13.4 million primarily in the EMEA region, which included $8.6 million as a result of a court ruling in connection with a historical acquisition. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, we reversed acquisition costs totaling $281,000 primarily in the Americas region. We expect our acquisition costs to increase through the closings of the Bit-isle and TelecityGroup acquisitions.

Interest Income. Interest income was $934,000 and $356,000, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The average annualized yield for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.59% versus 0.24% for the three months ended September 30, 2014. We expect our interest income to remain at these low levels for the foreseeable future due to lower invested balances and a portfolio more weighted towards short-term U.S. government securities.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased to $76.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $63.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014. This increase in interest expense was primarily due to the impact of bridge financing in connection with TelecityGroup acquisition and additional financings such as various capital lease and other financing obligations to support our expansion projects. During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, we capitalized $1.8 million and $5.6 million, respectively, of interest expense to construction in progress. Going forward, we expect to incur higher interest expense as we recognize the full impact of our $1.25 billion senior notes offering in November 2014 and $1.5 billion senior credit facility offerings in December 2014, partially offset by the redemption of our 7.00% senior notes and settlement of our 3.00% convertible notes in 2014. We expect to incur additional indebtedness to support our growth and acquisition opportunities such as the Bit-isle and TelecityGroup acquisitions, resulting in higher interest expense. We expect to obtain permanent financing prior to the closing of the TelecityGroup acquisition to replace and terminate the Bridge Loan.

Other Income (Expense). We recorded net expense of $12.8 million and net income of $1.8 million respectively, of other income (expense), for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, primarily due to foreign currency exchange gains and losses during the periods, including an $11.6 million mark-to-market foreign currency loss for the three months ended September 30, 2015 as a result of specific foreign hedge activities put in place with regards to hedging the TelecityGroup acquisition purchase price.

Income Taxes. Effective January 1, 2015, we elected to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, we are generally not subject to federal income taxes on the taxable income distributed to our stockholders. We intend to distribute the entire taxable income generated by the operations of our REIT and its QRSs for the tax year ending December 31, 2015. As such, no provision for U.S. income taxes for the REIT and its QRSs has been included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2015.

We have made TRS elections for some of our subsidiaries in and outside the U.S. In general, a TRS may provide services that would otherwise be considered impermissible for REITs to provide and may hold assets that REITs cannot hold directly. U.S. income taxes for the TRS entities located in the U.S. and foreign income taxes for our foreign operations were accrued, as necessary, for the three months ended September 30, 2015.

For the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, we recorded $11.6 million and $30.6 million of income tax expense, respectively. Our effective tax rates were 22.0% and 41.6%, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. We expect to recognize a lower income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2015 as compared to the income tax provision in 2014 due to our REIT conversion because we are entitled to a deduction for dividends paid, which will result in a substantial reduction of U.S. income tax expense. As a REIT, substantially all of our income tax expense will be the foreign income tax incurred by our foreign subsidiaries and the U.S. income tax incurred by our U.S. TRSs.

Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is a key factor in how we assess the performance of our segments, measure the operational cash generating abilities of our segments and develop regional growth strategies such as IBX data center expansion decisions. We define adjusted EBITDA as income or loss from operations plus depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring charges, impairment charges and acquisition costs. Our adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were split among the following geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Three months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas	$	174,170		54	%	$	160,075		56	%		9	%		11	%
EMEA		81,403		25	%		69,786		25	%		17	%		33	%
Asia-Pacific		65,899		21	%		54,000		19	%		22	%		38	%

Total	$	321,472		100	%	$	283,861		100	%		13	%		22	%

Americas Adjusted EBITDA. The increase in our Americas adjusted EBITDA was due to higher revenues as result of our IBX data center expansion activity and organic growth as described above. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, currency fluctuations resulted in approximately $3.8 million of unfavorable foreign currency impact on our Americas adjusted EBITDA primarily due to the generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the Brazilian real and Canadian dollar during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014.

EMEA Adjusted EBITDA. The increase in our EMEA adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to higher revenues as result of our IBX data center expansion activity and organic growth as described above. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, currency fluctuations resulted in approximately $11.5 million of net unfavorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA adjusted EBITDA primarily due to generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the British pound and Euro, during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014.

Asia-Pacific Adjusted EBITDA. The increase in our Asia-Pacific adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to higher revenues as result of our IBX data center expansion activity and organic growth as described above. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, currency fluctuations resulted in approximately $8.6 million of net unfavorable foreign currency impact to our Asia-Pacific adjusted EBITDA primarily due to generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the Australian dollar, Japanese yen, and Singapore dollar during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2014.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014

Revenues. Our revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were generated from the following revenue classifications and geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Nine months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas:
Recurring revenues	$	1,061,346		53	%	$	970,815		54	%		9	%		12	%
Non-recurring revenues		56,700		3	%		48,886		3	%		16	%		17	%

		1,118,046		56	%		1,019,701		57	%		10	%		12	%

EMEA:
Recurring revenues		479,643		24	%		443,553		25	%		8	%		24	%
Non-recurring revenues		36,510		2	%		26,619		1	%		37	%		59	%

		516,153		26	%		470,172		26	%		10	%		26	%

Asia-Pacific:
Recurring revenues		342,080		17	%		297,930		16	%		15	%		26	%
Non-recurring revenues		19,126		1	%		17,852		1	%		7	%		17	%

		361,206		18	%		315,782		17	%		14	%		25	%

Total:
Recurring revenues		1,883,069		94	%		1,712,298		95	%		10	%		18	%
Non-recurring revenues		112,336		6	%		93,357		5	%		20	%		29	%

	$	1,995,405		100	%	$	1,805,655		100	%		11	%		18	%

Americas Revenues. Our revenues from the U.S., the largest revenue contributor in the Americas region for the period, represented approximately 93% and 91%, respectively, of the regional revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Growth in Americas revenues was primarily due to (i) approximately $27.9 million of revenue generated from our recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions in the Atlanta, Miami, New York, Rio De Janeiro, Silicon Valley, Toronto and Washington, D.C. metro areas, (ii) an increase in orders from both our existing customers and new customers during the period. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the U.S. dollar was generally stronger relative to the Canadian dollar and Brazilian real than during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, resulting in approximately $26.3 million of unfavorable foreign currency impact to our Americas revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 when compared to average exchange rates of the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We expect that our Americas revenues will continue to grow in future periods as a result of continued growth in the recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions and additional expansions currently taking place in the Atlanta, Dallas, São Paulo, and Washington, D.C. metro areas, which are expected to open during the remainder of 2015 and 2016. Our estimates of future revenue growth take account of expected changes in recurring revenues attributed to customer bookings, customer churn or changes or amendments to customers’ contracts.

EMEA Revenues. Our revenues from the U.K., the largest revenue contributor in the EMEA region for the period, represented approximately 38% and 36%, respectively, of the regional revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Our EMEA revenue growth was primarily due to (i) approximately $18.5 million of revenue from our recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions in the Amsterdam, London, and Paris metro areas and (ii) an increase in orders from both our existing customers and new customers during the period. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations resulted in approximately $76.2 million of unfavorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA revenues primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the British pound and Euro, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We expect that our EMEA revenues will continue to grow in future periods as a result of continued growth in recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions and additional expansions currently taking place in the Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and London metro areas, which are expected to open in 2016. Our estimates of future revenue growth take account of expected changes in recurring revenues attributed to customer bookings, customer churn or changes or amendments to customers’ contracts.

Asia-Pacific Revenues. Our revenues from Singapore, the largest revenue contributor in the Asia-Pacific region, represented approximately 39% and 38%, respectively, of the regional revenues for the

nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. Our Asia-Pacific revenue growth was primarily due to (i) approximately $38.4 million of revenue generated from our recently-opened IBX data center expansions in the Hong Kong, Melbourne, Osaka, Singapore, Shanghai, and Tokyo metro areas and (ii) an increase in orders from both our existing customers and new customers during the period. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the U.S. dollar was generally stronger relative to the Australian dollar, Japanese yen and Singapore dollar, than during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, resulting in approximately $35.0 million of unfavorable foreign currency impact to our Asia-Pacific revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 when compared to average exchange rates of the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We expect that our Asia-Pacific revenues will continue to grow in future periods as a result of continued growth in these recently-opened IBX data center expansions and additional expansions currently taking place in the Melbourne, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo metro areas, which are expected to open in 2016. Our estimates of future revenue growth take account of expected changes in recurring revenues attributed to customer bookings, or changes or amendments to customers’ contracts as well as the impact of our acquisition of Bit-isle.

Cost of Revenues. Our cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were split among the following geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Nine months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas	$	470,257		50	%	$	445,682		50	%		6	%		10	%
EMEA		260,908		28	%		251,689		29	%		4	%		20	%
Asia-Pacific		208,373		22	%		187,065		21	%		11	%		22	%

Total	$	939,538		100	%	$	884,436		100	%		6	%		15	%


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2015			2014
Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues:
Americas		42	%		44	%
EMEA		51	%		54	%
Asia-Pacific		58	%		59	%
Total		47	%		49	%

Americas Cost of Revenues. Our Americas cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 included $161.7 million and $158.4 million, respectively, of depreciation expense. The increase in depreciation expense was primarily due to our IBX data center expansion activity, partially offset by the decrease in our depreciation expense as a result of the increase in the useful lives of certain fixed assets when we entered into lease amendments to extend the lease term for certain IBX data centers. Excluding depreciation expense, the increase in our Americas cost of revenues was primarily due to $12.7 million of higher utilities, repairs and maintenance in support of our revenue growth and $5.6 million of higher compensation costs, including general salaries, bonus, stock-based compensation and headcount growth (1,019 employees included in America cost of revenues as of September 30, 2015 versus 942 as of September 30, 2014). During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Americas cost of revenues resulted in approximately $20.4 million of favorable foreign currency impact to our Americas cost of revenues primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar and Brazilian real during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We expect Americas cost of revenues to increase as we continue to grow our business.

EMEA Cost of Revenues. The increase in our EMEA cost of revenues was primarily due to $12.8 million of higher costs associated with equipment resales, certain custom services provided to our customers and an increase in net losses relating to cash flow hedging derivatives as well as $2.0 million of higher compensation costs, including general salaries, bonus, stock-based compensation and headcount growth (523 employees included in EMEA cost of revenue as of September 30, 2015 versus 446 as of September 30, 2014) to support our growth. These increases were partially offset by $5.2 million of lower rent, facilities and utilities expenses, primarily due to foreign currency fluctuations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our EMEA cost of revenues resulted in approximately $41.5 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA cost of revenues primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the British pound and Euro, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We expect EMEA cost of revenues to increase as we continue to grow our business.

Asia-Pacific Cost of Revenues. Our Asia-Pacific cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 included $85.0 million and $72.5 million, respectively, of depreciation expense. Growth in depreciation expense was primarily due to our IBX data center expansion activity. Excluding depreciation expense, the increase in Asia-Pacific cost of revenues was primarily due to $4.2 million of higher utilities, rent and facilities costs in support of our revenue growth as well as $2.1 million of higher compensation costs, including general salaries, bonus, stock-based compensation and headcount growth (374 employees included in Asia-Pacific cost of revenue as of September 30, 2015 versus 331 as of September 30, 2014). During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Asia-Pacific cost of revenues resulted in approximately $18.9 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our Asia-Pacific cost of revenues primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to Australian dollar, Japanese yen and Singapore dollar during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We expect Asia-Pacific cost of revenues to increase as we continue to grow our business, including from the impact of our acquisition of Bit-isle.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. Our sales and marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were split among the following geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Nine months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas	$	153,035		63	%	$	125,095		59	%		22	%		25	%
EMEA		53,003		22	%		58,872		27	%		-10	%		1	%
Asia-Pacific		37,535		15	%		30,900		14	%		21	%		31	%

Total	$	243,573		100	%	$	214,867		100	%		13	%		19	%


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2015			2014
Sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues:
Americas		14	%		12	%
EMEA		10	%		13	%
Asia-Pacific		10	%		10	%
Total		12	%		12	%

Americas Sales and Marketing Expenses. The increase in our Americas sales and marketing expenses was primarily due to $22.1 million of higher compensation costs, including sales compensation, general salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation and headcount growth (480 Americas sales and marketing employees as of September 30, 2015 versus 440 as of September 30, 2014) and $5.5 million of higher travel, advertising, promotion and professional fees to support our growth. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Americas sales and marketing expenses resulted in approximately $3.5 million of favorable foreign currency impact to our Americas general and administrative expenses primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to

the Canadian dollar and Brazilian real during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Over the past several years, we have been investing in our Americas sales and marketing initiatives to further increase our revenue. These investments have included the hiring of additional headcount and new product innovation efforts and, as a result, our Americas sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues have increased. Although we anticipate that we will continue to invest in Americas sales and marketing initiatives, we believe our Americas sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues will remain at approximately current levels over the next year but should ultimately decrease as we continue to grow our business.

EMEA Sales and Marketing Expenses. The decrease in our EMEA sales and marketing expenses was primarily due to $4.3 million of lower professional fees primarily due to the termination of certain contracts during 2014. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our EMEA sales and marketing expenses resulted in approximately $6.7 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA sales and marketing expenses primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the British pound and Euro, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We believe our EMEA sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues will remain at approximately current levels over the next year or two but should ultimately decrease as we continue to grow our business.

Asia-Pacific Sales and Marketing Expenses. The increase in our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses was primarily due to $4.4 million of higher compensation costs, including sales compensation, general salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation expense and headcount growth (173 Asia-Pacific sales and marketing employees as of September 30, 2015 versus 146 as of September 30, 2014). During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses resulted in approximately $2.9 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to Australian dollar, Japanese yen and Singapore dollar during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Over the past several years, we have been investing in our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing initiatives to further increase our revenue. These investments have included the hiring of additional headcount and new product innovation efforts and, as a result, our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses have increased. Although we anticipate that we will continue to invest in Asia-Pacific sales and marketing initiatives, we believe our Asia-Pacific sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenues will remain at approximately current levels over the next year or two but should ultimately decrease as we continue to grow our business.

General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were split among the following geographic regions (dollars in thousands):


	Nine months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas	$	257,769		72	%	$	236,287		73	%		9	%		10	%
EMEA		65,191		18	%		56,712		17	%		15	%		26	%
Asia-Pacific		33,495		10	%		31,333		10	%		7	%		15	%

Total	$	356,455		100	%	$	324,332		100	%		10	%		13	%


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2015			2014
General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues:
Americas		23	%		23	%
EMEA		13	%		12	%
Asia-Pacific		9	%		10	%
Total		18	%		18	%

Americas General and Administrative Expenses. The increase in our Americas general and administrative expenses was primarily due to (i) $13.7 million of higher depreciation expense associated with the implementation of Oracle R12 ERP system, certain systems to improve our quote to order and billing processes and other systems to support the REIT conversion, (ii) $11.7 million of higher compensation costs, including general salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and headcount growth (787 Americas general and administrative employees as of September 30, 2015 versus 729 as of September 30, 2014) and (iii) $8.2 million of higher rent, facilities, travel and office expenses to support our business growth, partially offset by a $12.3 million decrease in professional fees from our REIT conversion process incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Americas general and administrative expenses resulted in approximately $2.1 million of favorable foreign currency impact to our Americas general and administrative expenses primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar and Brazilian real during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Over the course of the past year, we have been investing in our Americas general and administrative functions to scale this region effectively for growth, which has included additional investments into improving our back office systems. We expect our current efforts to improve our back office systems will continue over the next several years. Going forward, although we are carefully monitoring our spending, we expect Americas general and administrative expenses to increase as we continue to further scale our operations to support our growth.

EMEA General and Administrative Expenses. The increase in our EMEA general and administrative expenses was primarily due to (i) $3.0 million of higher compensation costs, including general salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation and headcount growth (405 EMEA general and administrative employees as of September 30, 2015 versus 339 as of September 30, 2014), (ii) $4.3 million of higher depreciation expense and increase in net realized losses relating to cash flow hedging derivatives. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our EMEA general and administrative expenses resulted in approximately $6.2 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA general and administrative expenses primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the British pound and Euro, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Going forward, although we are carefully monitoring our spending given the current economic environment, we expect our EMEA general and administrative expenses to increase in future periods as we continue to scale our operations to support our growth; however, as a percentage of revenues, we generally expect them to decrease.

Asia-Pacific General and Administrative Expenses. The increase in our Asia-Pacific general and administrative expenses was primarily due to increased outside service and consulting costs and higher compensation costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the impact of foreign currency fluctuations to our Asia-Pacific general and administrative expenses resulted in approximately $2.5 million of net favorable foreign currency impact to our Asia-Pacific general and administrative expenses primarily due to a generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to Australian dollar, Japanese yen and Singapore dollar during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Going forward, although we are carefully monitoring our spending given the current economic environment, we expect Asia-Pacific general and administrative expenses to increase as we continue to scale our operations to support our growth; however, as a percentage of revenues, we generally expect them to decrease.

Acquisition Costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we recorded acquisition costs of $24.4 million primarily in the EMEA region, which included $8.6 million as a result of a court ruling in connection with a historical acquisition. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we recorded acquisition costs of $580,000 primarily attributed to the Americas region. We expect our acquisition costs to increase through the closings of the Bit-isle and TelecityGroup acquisitions.

Interest Income. Interest income was $2.4 million and $2.5 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The average annualized yield for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.38% versus 0.36% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. We expect our interest income to remain at these low levels for the foreseeable future due to lower invested balances and a portfolio more weighted towards short-term U.S. government securities.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased to $219.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $199.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. This increase in interest expense was primarily due to the impact of additional financings such as various capital lease and other financing obligations to support our expansion projects. Going forward, we expect to incur higher interest expense as we recognize the full impact of our $1.25 billion senior notes offering in November 2014 and $1.5 billion senior credit facility offerings in December 2014, partially offset by the redemption of our 7.00% senior notes and settlement of our 3.00% convertible notes in 2014. We expect to incur additional indebtedness to support our growth and acquisition opportunities such as the Bit-isle and TelecityGroup acquisitions, resulting in higher interest expense. We expect to obtain permanent financing prior to closing the TelecityGroup acquisition to replace and terminate the Bridge Loan.

Other Income (Expense). We recorded a net expense of $12.0 million and $3.2 million of other income, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, primarily due to foreign currency exchange gains and losses during the periods, including an $11.6 million mark-to-market foreign currency loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as a result of specific foreign hedge activities put in place with regards to hedging the TelecityGroup acquisition purchase price.

Loss on Debt Extinguishment. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we recorded a $51.2 million loss on debt extinguishment as a result of the exchanges of the 3.00% convertible subordinated notes and 4.75% convertible subordinated notes. We did not record any loss on debt extinguishment during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Income Taxes. Effective January 1, 2015, we elected to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, we are generally not subject to U.S. income taxes on taxable income distributed to our stockholders. We intend to distribute the entire taxable income generated by the operations of our REIT and its QRSs for the tax year ending December 31, 2015. As such, no provision for U.S. income taxes for the REIT and its QRSs has been included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

We have made TRS elections for some of our subsidiaries in and outside the U.S. In general, a TRS may provide services that would otherwise be considered impermissible for REITs to provide and may

hold assets that REITs cannot hold directly. U.S. income taxes for the TRS entities located in the U.S. and foreign income taxes for our foreign operations were accrued, as necessary, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, we recorded $25.3 million and $42.1 million of income tax expenses, respectively. Our effective tax rates were 12.5% and 30.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. We expect to recognize a significantly lower income tax provision in 2015 as compared to the income tax provision in 2014 due to our REIT conversion because we are entitled to a deduction for dividends paid, which will result in a substantial reduction of U.S. income tax expense. As a REIT, substantially all of our income tax expense will be the foreign income tax incurred by our foreign subsidiaries and the U.S. income tax incurred by our U.S. TRSs.


	Nine months ended September 30,										% change
	2015		%			2014		%			Actual			Constant currency
Americas	$	517,790		55	%	$	467,763		57	%		11	%		13	%
EMEA		236,967		25	%		198,342		24	%		19	%		38	%
Asia-Pacific		183,725		20	%		153,421		19	%		20	%		32	%

Total	$	938,482		100	%	$	819,526		100	%		15	%		22	%

Americas Adjusted EBITDA. The increase in our Americas adjusted EBITDA was due to higher revenues as result of our IBX data center expansion activity and organic growth as described above. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, currency fluctuations resulted in approximately $8.6 million of unfavorable foreign currency impact on our Americas adjusted EBITDA primarily due to the generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the Brazilian real and Canadian dollar during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

EMEA Adjusted EBITDA. The increase in our EMEA adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to higher revenues as result of our IBX data center expansion activity and organic growth as described above. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, currency fluctuations resulted in approximately $36.7 million of net unfavorable foreign currency impact to our EMEA adjusted EBITDA primarily due to generally stronger U.S. dollar relative to the British pound and Euro during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Asia-Pacific Adjusted EBITDA. The increase in our Asia-Pacific adjusted EBITDA was due to higher revenues as result of our IBX data center expansion activity and organic growth as described above. The U.S. dollar was generally stronger relative to the Australian dollar, Japanese yen and Singapore dollar compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014, resulting in approximately $19.5 million of net unfavorable foreign currency impact to our Asia-Pacific adjusted EBITDA during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 when compared to average exchange rates of the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We provide all information required in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), but we believe that evaluating our ongoing operating results may be difficult if limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Accordingly, we use non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our operations. Legislative and regulatory requirements encourage the use of and emphasis on GAAP financial metrics and require companies to explain why non-GAAP financial metrics are relevant to management and investors.

Our management does not itself, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. However, we have presented such non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate our operating results in a manner that focuses on what management believes to be our core, ongoing business operations. We believe that the inclusion of this non-GAAP financial measure provides consistency and comparability with past reports and provides a better understanding of the overall performance of the business and its ability to perform in subsequent periods. We believe that if we did not provide such non-GAAP financial information, investors would not have all the necessary data to analyze Equinix effectively.

Investors should note, however, that the non-GAAP financial measures used by us may not be the same non-GAAP financial measures, and may not be calculated in the same manner, as those of other companies. In addition, whenever we use non-GAAP financial measures, we provide a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the most closely applicable GAAP financial measure. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

Our primary non-GAAP financial measures, adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”) and adjusted EBITDA, exclude depreciation expense as these charges primarily relate to the initial construction costs of our IBX data centers and do not reflect our current or future cash spending levels to support our business. Our IBX data centers are long-lived assets and have an economic life greater than 10 years. The construction costs of our IBX data centers do not recur and future capital expenditures remain minor relative to our initial investment. This is a trend we expect to continue. In addition, depreciation is also based on the estimated useful lives of our IBX data centers. These estimates could vary from actual performance of the asset, are based on historical costs incurred to build out our IBX data centers and are not indicative of current or expected future capital expenditures. Therefore, we exclude depreciation from our operating results when evaluating our operations.

In addition, in presenting AFFO and adjusted EBITDA, we exclude amortization expense related to certain intangible assets, as it represents a cost that may not recur and is not a good indicator of our current or future operating performance. We exclude accretion expense, both as it relates to asset retirement obligations as well as accrued restructuring charge liabilities, as these expenses represent costs which we believe are not meaningful in evaluating our current operations. We exclude stock-based compensation expense as it represents expense attributed to equity awards that have no current or future cash obligations. As such, we, and many investors and analysts, exclude this stock-based compensation expense when assessing the cash generating performance of our operations. We also exclude restructuring charges. The restructuring charges relate to our decisions to exit leases for excess space adjacent to several of our IBX data centers, which we did not intend to build out, or our decision to reverse such restructuring charges. We also exclude impairment charges related to certain long-lived assets. The impairment charges are related to expense recognized whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of long-lived assets are not recoverable. Finally, we exclude acquisition costs from our AFFO and adjusted EBITDA. The acquisition costs relate to costs we incur in connection with business combinations. Management believes such items as restructuring charges, impairment charges and acquisition costs are non-core transactions; however, these types of costs will or may occur in future periods.

Adjusted EBITDA

We use adjusted EBITDA to evaluate our performance both on a consolidated basis, as well as the operating performance of each of our segments (Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific) and as a metric in the determination of vesting of restricted stock units that were granted before 2015 that have both service and performance conditions. In presenting adjusted EBITDA, we exclude certain items that we believe

are not good indicators of our current or future operating performance. These items are depreciation, amortization, accretion of asset retirement obligations and accrued restructuring charges, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, impairment charges and acquisition costs. We exclude these items for the same reasons that they are excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures mentioned above.

We define adjusted EBITDA as income or loss from operations plus depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring charges, impairment charges and acquisition costs as presented below (in thousands):


	Three months ended					Nine months ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2015		2014			2015		2014
Income from operations	$	140,883	$	135,131		$	431,465	$	381,440
Depreciation, amortization, and accretion expense		133,268		121,349			384,068		351,033
Stock-based compensation expense		33,969		27,662			98,575		86,473
Acquisition costs		13,352		(281	)		24,374		580

Adjusted EBITDA	$	321,472	$	283,861		$	938,482	$	819,526

Our adjusted EBITDA results have improved each year and in each region in total dollars due to the improved operating results discussed earlier in “Results of Operations”, as well as due to the nature of our business model which consists of a recurring revenue stream and a cost structure which has a large base that is fixed in nature as discussed earlier in “Overview”. Although we have also been investing in our future growth as described above (e.g. through additional IBX data center expansions, acquisitions and increased investments in sales and marketing expenses), we believe that our adjusted EBITDA results will continue to improve in future periods as we continue to grow our business.

Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and AFFO

We use FFO and AFFO, which are non-GAAP financial measures commonly used in the REIT industry. FFO is calculated in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). FFO represents net income (loss), excluding gains (losses) from the disposition of real estate assets, depreciation and amortization on real estate assets and adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures’ and non-controlling interests’ share of these items.

We use AFFO to evaluate our performance on a consolidated basis and as a metric in the determination of employees’ annual bonuses beginning in 2015 and vesting of restricted stock units that were granted in 2015 and that have both service and performance conditions. In presenting AFFO, we exclude certain items that we believe are not good indicators of our current or future operating performance. AFFO represents FFO excluding depreciation and amortization expense on non-real estate assets, accretion, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, impairment charges, acquisition costs, an installation revenue adjustment, a straight-line rent expense adjustment, amortization of deferred financing costs, gains (losses) on debt extinguishment, an income tax expense adjustment, recurring capital expenditures and adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures’ and non-controlling interests’ share of these items. The adjustments for both installation revenue and straight-line rent expense are intended to isolate the cash activity included within the straight-lined or amortized results in the consolidated statement of operations.

Our FFO and AFFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows (in thousands):


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Net income	$	41,132		$	42,961		$	177,043		$	94,377
Net income attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests		—			(120	)		—			1,179

Net income attributable to Equinix		41,132			42,841			177,043			95,556
Adjustments:
Real estate depreciation and amortization		109,856			103,781			319,825			304,020
Gain/loss on disposition of real estate property		182			31			803			247
Adjustments for FFO from unconsolidated joint ventures		27			28			84			84
Non-controlling interests’ share of above adjustments		—			(622	)		—			(5,303	)

NAREIT FFO attributable to common shareholders	$	151,197		$	146,059		$	497,755		$	394,604


	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
NAREIT FFO attributable to common shareholders	$	151,197		$	146,059		$	497,755		$	394,604
Adjustments:
Installation revenue adjustment		8,527			6,079			29,655			18,496
Straight-line rent expense adjustment		1,251			3,353			6,469			9,713
Amortization of deferred financing costs		3,934			3,794			11,640			15,076
Stock-based compensation expense		33,969			27,662			98,575			86,473
Non-real estate depreciation expense		15,946			9,397			42,244			24,754
Amortization expense		6,601			6,844			19,346			20,953
Accretion expense		865			1,327			2,653			1,306
Recurring capital expenditures		(25,910	)		(19,775	)		(75,613	)		(72,242	)
Loss on debt extinguishment		—			—			—			51,183
Acquisition costs		13,352			(281	)		24,374			580
Income tax expense adjustment (1)		643			22,240			(3,549	)		19,469
Adjustments for AFFO from unconsolidated joint ventures		(14	)		(18	)		(44	)		(58	)
Non-controlling interests share of above adjustments		—			151			—			(3,134	)

Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO)	$	210,361		$	206,832		$	653,505		$	567,173

(1)	Represents changes in our income tax reserves and valuation allowances that may not recur or may not relate to the current year’s operations.

Our AFFO results have improved due to the improved operating results discussed earlier in “Results of Operations,” as well as due to the nature of our business model which consists of a recurring revenue stream and a cost structure which has a large base that is fixed in nature as discussed earlier in “Overview.” Although we have also been investing in our future growth as described above (e.g. through additional IBX data center expansions, acquisitions and increased investments in sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses), we believe that our AFFO results will continue to improve in future periods as we continue to grow our business.

Constant Currency Presentation

Our revenues and certain operating expenses (cost of revenues, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses) from our international operations have represented and will continue to represent a significant portion of our total revenues and certain operating expenses. As a result, our revenues and certain operating expenses have been and will continue to be affected by changes in the U.S. dollar against major international currencies such as the Brazilian real, British pound, Canadian dollar, Euro, Swiss franc, Australian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Japanese yen, Singapore dollar and United Arab Emirates dirham. In order to provide a framework for assessing how each of our business segments performed excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, we present period-over-period percentage changes in our revenues and certain operating expenses on a constant currency basis in addition to the historical amounts as reported. Presenting constant currency results of operations is a non-GAAP financial measure and is not meant to be considered in isolation or as an alternative to GAAP results of operations. However, we have presented this non-GAAP financial measure to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate our operating results. To present this information, our current and comparative prior period revenues and certain operating expenses from entities with functional currencies

other than the U.S. dollar are converted into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates in effect for the comparable prior period rather than the actual exchange rates in effect during the respective periods (i.e. average rates in effect for the three months ended September 30, 2014 are used as exchange rates for the three months ended September 30, 2015 when comparing the three months ended September 30, 2015 with the three months ended September 30, 2014 and average rates in effect for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 are used as exchange rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 when comparing the nine months ended September 30, 2015 with the nine months ended September 30, 2014).

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2015, our total indebtedness was comprised of (i) convertible debt principal totaling $157.9 million from our 4.75% convertible subordinated notes (gross of discount) and (ii) non-convertible debt and financing obligations totaling $4.5 billion consisting of (a) $2.8 billion of principal from our senior notes, (b) approximately $1.2 billion from our capital lease and other financing obligations, and (c) $542.0 million of principal from our mortgage and loans payable (gross of discount and premium).

We believe we have sufficient cash, coupled with anticipated cash generated from operating activities, to meet our operating requirements, including repayment of the current portion of our debt as it becomes due, payment of tax liabilities related to our conversion to a REIT, payment of the cash portion of the special distributions, payment of regular dividends and completion of our publicly-announced expansion projects. As of September 30, 2015, we had $339.5 million of cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term investments, of which approximately $104.8 million was held in the U.S. The decrease in our cash, cash equivalent, short-term and long-term investments from December 31, 2014 was primarily due to a transfer of approximately $493.8 million to a restricted cash account in connection with our announcement of our offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of TelecityGoup in May 2015. We believe that our current expansion activities in the U.S. can be funded with our U.S.-based cash and cash equivalents and investments. Besides our cash and investment portfolio, we have additional liquidity available to us from the $1.0 billion revolving credit facility that forms part of our $1.5 billion senior credit facility, the $1.3 billion Bridge Loan that was entered into in May 2015, which is designated for the completion of the TelecityGroup acquisition, which we expect to close in the first half of 2016, and the $395.8 million Bridge Term Loan that was entered into in September 2015, which is designated for the completion of Bit-isle acquisition, which we expect to close by the end of 2015. However, we intend to obtain permanent financing for the $1.3 billion Bridge Loan prior to the closing of the TelecityGroup acquisition and the $395.8 million Bridge Term Loan within 10 months of the initial borrowing, which would ultimately replace both the Bridge Loan and Bridge Term Loan.

As of September 30, 2015, we had 28 irrevocable letters of credit totaling $42.7 million issued and outstanding under the U.S. revolving credit line; as a result, we had a total of approximately $957.3 million of additional liquidity available to us under the revolving credit facility. Besides any further financing activities we may pursue, customer collections are our primary source of cash. While we believe we have a strong customer base, and have continued to experience relatively strong collections, if the current market conditions were to deteriorate, some of our customers may have difficulty paying us and we may experience increased churn in our customer base, including reductions in their commitments to us, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity. Additionally, we may pursue additional expansion opportunities, primarily the build out of new IBX data centers, in certain of our existing markets which are at or near capacity within the next year, as well as potential acquisitions. We are also now operating as a REIT and paying regular, recurring cash dividends. While we expect to fund these plans with our existing resources, additional financing, either debt or equity, may be required and if current market conditions were to deteriorate, we may be unable to secure additional financing or any such additional financing may only be available to us on unfavorable terms. An inability to pursue additional expansion opportunities will have a material adverse effect on our ability to maintain our desired level of revenue growth in future periods.

Sources and Uses of Cash


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014
	(dollars in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	659,675		$	487,123
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(605,931	)		184,072
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(319,768	)		(572,449	)

Operating Activities. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to improved operating results and favorable working capital activities such as decreased payments of certain accounts payable and accrued expenses and increased collections of customer receivables, and decreased income tax payments. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, we experienced an increase in days sales outstanding (“DSO”). During the first half of 2014, we had centralized responsibilities for billing and collection in the EMEA region. This transition of responsibilities resulted in an increase to the overall DSO in the prior period. We expect we will continue to generate cash from our operating activities during the remainder of 2015 and beyond.

Investing Activities. The net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was primarily due to a $493.8 million increase in restricted cash in connection with our cash and share offer for TelecityGroup, $587.5 million of capital expenditures primarily as a result of expansion activity, $38.3 million for the purchases of land in San Jose, California, and $338.4 million of purchases of investments, offset by sales and maturities of investments for $861.9 million. The net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was primarily due to $757.7 million of sales and maturities of investments, partially offset by $136.5 million of purchases of investments, $421.7 million of capital expenditures primarily as a result of expansion activity and $16.8 million for the purchase of a plot of land in Melbourne, Australia.

During 2015, we expect that our IBX expansion construction activity will be greater than our 2014 levels. However, if the opportunity to expand is greater than planned and we have sufficient funding to pursue such expansion opportunities, we may further increase the level of capital expenditures to support this growth as well as pursue additional business acquisitions, property acquisitions or joint ventures. In May 2015, we announced a cash and share offer valued at approximately £2.4 billion or $3.6 billion for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of TelecityGroup. In September 2015, we announced a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of Bit-isle valued at ¥33.3 billion Japanese Yen or approximately $280.0 million at the time of the announcement. We currently anticipate that the Bit-isle and TelecityGroup acquisitions will close in the fourth quarter of 2015 and first half of 2016, respectively.

Financing Activities. The net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was primarily due to $529.4 million of repayments of U.S. dollar-denominated term loan and other mortgage and loan payments, and $291.0 million of dividend distributions, partially offset by $490.0 million of proceeds from our term loan modification and $29.9 million of proceeds from employee equity awards. The net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was primarily due to $298.0 million of purchases of treasury stock under our share repurchase program that was approved by our Board of Directors in December 2013, approximately $226.3 million to buy-out Riverwood’s interest in ALOG, along with the approximate 10% of ALOG owned by ALOG management, $29.5 million paid in connection with the exchanges of the 3.00% convertible subordinated notes and 4.75% convertible subordinated notes and $50.7 million of repayments of other long-term debt and capital lease and other financing obligations, partially offset by $28.2 million of proceeds from employee equity

awards and $17.5 million of excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation. Going forward, we expect that our financing activities will consist primarily of repayment of our debt and additional financings needed to support expansion opportunities, additional acquisitions or joint ventures, the payment of our regular cash dividends and the cash portion of our 2015 Special Distributions. We expect to draw on the Bit-isle Bridge Term Loan to fund the acquisition and pay down Bit-isle’s existing debt. We also expect to obtain permanent financing prior to the closing of the TelecityGroup acquisition to replace and terminate the Bridge Loan.

Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements

We lease a majority of our IBX data centers and certain equipment under non-cancelable lease agreements expiring through 2053. The following represents our debt maturities, financings, leases and other contractual commitments as of September 30, 2015 (in thousands):


	2015 (3 months)		2016		2017		2018		2019		Thereafter		Total
Capital lease and other financing obligations (1)	$	32,373	$	123,793	$	128,880	$	132,382	$	132,475	$	1,463,809	$	2,013,712
Operating leases (2)		26,189		107,119		105,201		100,513		92,848		651,052		1,082,922
Other contractual commitments (3)		410,181		133,857		62,511		13,446		12,914		7,659		640,568
Asset retirement obligations (4)		—		526		9,178		3,342		11,725		49,667		74,438

	$	468,743	$	365,295	$	305,770	$	249,683	$	249,962	$	2,172,187	$	3,811,640

(1)	Represents principal and interest.

(2)	Represents minimum operating lease payments, excluding potential lease renewals.

(3)	Represents off-balance sheet arrangements. Other contractual commitments are described below.

(4)	Represents liability, net of future accretion expense.

In connection with the cash and share offer to TelecityGroup, we have entered into a cooperation agreement with TelecityGroup to secure the clearances and authorization necessary to satisfy the regulatory pre-condition to the TelecityGroup acquisition. We have agreed to pay to TelecityGroup £50.0 million or approximately $76.4 million if: (i) on or prior to November 29, 2016, we invoke the regulatory approvals condition, or (ii) on November 29, 2016, the regulatory approvals condition is not satisfied or waived by us.

In connection with certain of our leases and other contracts requiring deposits, we entered into 28 irrevocable letters of credit totaling $42.7 million under the senior revolving credit line. These letters of credit were provided in lieu of cash deposits under the senior revolving credit line. If the landlords for these IBX leases decide to draw down on these letters of credit triggered by an event of default under the lease, we will be required to fund these letters of credit either through cash collateral or borrowing under the senior revolving credit line. These contingent commitments are not reflected in the table above.

We had accrued liabilities related to uncertain tax positions totaling approximately $25.0 million as of September 30, 2015. These liabilities, which are reflected on our balance sheet, are not reflected in the table above since it is unclear when these liabilities will be paid.

Primarily as a result of our various IBX data center expansion projects, as of September 30, 2015, we were contractually committed for $244.7 million of unaccrued capital expenditures, primarily for IBX equipment not yet delivered and labor not yet provided in connection with the work necessary to complete construction and open these IBX data centers prior to making them available to customers for installation. This amount, which is expected to be paid during the remainder of 2015 and thereafter, is reflected in the table above as “other contractual commitments.”

We had other non-capital purchase commitments in place as of September 30, 2015, such as commitments to purchase power in select locations and other open purchase orders, which contractually bind us for goods or services to be delivered or provided during 2015 and beyond. Such other purchase commitments as of September 30, 2015, which total $395.9 million, are also reflected in the table above as “other contractual commitments.”

In addition, although we are not contractually obligated to do so, we expect to incur additional capital expenditures of approximately $143.5 million to $243.5 million, in addition to the $640.6 million in contractual commitments discussed above as of September 30, 2015, in our various IBX data center expansion projects during 2015 and thereafter in order to complete the work needed to open these IBX data centers. These non-contractual capital expenditures are not reflected in the table above. If we so choose, whether due to economic factors or other considerations, we could delay these non-contractual capital expenditure commitments to preserve liquidity.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Equinix’s financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with GAAP. Preparing financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and assumptions are affected by management’s application of accounting policies. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates and judgments. Critical accounting policies for Equinix that affect our more significant judgment and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements include accounting for income taxes, accounting for business combinations, accounting for impairment of goodwill and accounting for property, plant and equipment, which are discussed in more detail under the caption “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, set forth in Part II Item 7, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

As discussed previously, on December 23, 2014, our Board of Directors formally approved our conversion to a REIT effective on January 1, 2015. We completed the implementation of the REIT conversion in 2014. Effective on January 1, 2015, we have elected to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, we are generally not subject to federal income taxes on the taxable income distributed to our stockholders. We intend to distribute the entire taxable income generated by the operations of our REIT and QRSs for the tax year ending December 31, 2015. As such, no provision for U.S. income taxes for the REIT has been included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Substantially all our income tax expense are the foreign income tax incurred by our foreign subsidiaries and the U.S. income tax incurred by our U.S. TRSs.

We have made TRS elections for some of our subsidiaries in and outside the U.S. In general, a TRS may provide services that would otherwise be considered impermissible for REITs to provide and may hold assets that REITs cannot hold directly. U.S. income taxes for the TRS entities located in the country and foreign income taxes for our foreign operations were accrued, as necessary, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

While there have been no significant changes in our market risk, investment portfolio risk, interest rate risk, foreign currency risk and commodity price risk exposures and procedures during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to the respective risk exposures and procedures disclosed in Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, set forth in Part II Item 7A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, the U.S. dollar strengthened relative to certain of the currencies of the foreign countries in which we operate during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. This has significantly impacted our consolidated financial position and results of operations during this period, including the amount of revenue that we reported. Continued strengthening or weakening of the U.S. dollar will continue to have a significant impact to us in future periods.

Excluding consideration from hedging contracts, an immediate 10% appreciation in current foreign exchange rates as of September 30, 2015 would have resulted in an increase of $94.4 million and $20.3 million in revenue and net income before taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Excluding consideration from hedging contracts, an immediate 10% depreciation in current foreign exchange rates as of September 30, 2015 would have resulted in a decrease of $93.5 million and $16.7 million in revenue and net income before taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation, pursuant to Rule 13a-15 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. During the quarter ended September 30, 2015, we concluded the implementation of certain systems used in our EMEA operations to support our quote to order and billing process. This implementation resulted in certain changes to our processes and procedures affecting our internal control over financial reporting. Therefore, we have modified the design and documentation of the internal control processes and procedures relating to the new systems to update and enhance existing internal controls. The system changes were undertaken as a business initiative to integrate systems in EMEA and were not undertaken in response to any actual or perceived deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting. Other than as described above, there have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

(c) Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls. Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, believes that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed and operated to be effective at the reasonable assurance level. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

None

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

In addition to the other information contained in this report, the following risk factors should be considered carefully in evaluating our business and us:

Risks Related to the Acquisition of TelecityGroup

Consummation of the TelecityGroup acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions which, if not satisfied, may result in the TelecityGroup acquisition not proceeding.

Completion of the TelecityGroup acquisition is subject to among other things:

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the receipt of regulatory approvals;

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the approval by TelecityGroup shareholders of the scheme of arrangement;

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the sanction of the scheme of arrangement by the UK High Court and the registration of the Scheme Court Order with the UK Registrar of Companies; and

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the approval for listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market of our common stock to be issued in the TelecityGroup acquisition.

Although we believe that the conditions will be satisfied, it is possible that the parties may not satisfy these conditions, or that they may not be satisfied by the long stop date of November 29, 2016, or that they may only be satisfied subject to certain conditions or undertakings which may not be acceptable.

We cannot provide any assurance that the TelecityGroup acquisition will be completed, or that there will not be a delay in the completion of the TelecityGroup acquisition. Any delay could, among other things, result in additional transaction costs, loss of revenue or other negative effects resulting from uncertainty about completion of the TelecityGroup acquisition. We are also party to a cooperation agreement with TelecityGroup, containing restrictions on the conduct of our business, which may adversely affect our ability to execute our business strategies.

We have agreed to pay to TelecityGroup £50.0 million if: (i) on or prior to November 29, 2016, we invoke the regulatory approvals condition, or (ii) on November 29, 2016, the regulatory approvals condition is not satisfied or waived by us.

We also have a $1.3 billion Bridge Loan to complete the TelecityGroup acquisition that we intend to replace with permanent financing prior to the closing. If we are unable to replace the Bridge Loan with alternative financing, the terms of the Bridge Loan would be more costly than our existing debt obligations.

If the TelecityGroup acquisition does not proceed or is materially delayed for any reason, the price of our common stock may be adversely impacted and we will not recognize the anticipated benefits of the TelecityGroup acquisition.

We expect to incur significant transaction and acquisition-related integration costs in connection with the consummation of the TelecityGroup acquisition.

We expect to incur significant costs in connection with consummating the TelecityGroup acquisition and integrating our and TelecityGroup’s operations into a combined company. However, the actual costs incurred may exceed those estimated and there may be further unanticipated costs and the assumption of known and unknown liabilities. While we have assumed that we will incur transaction and integration expenses, there are factors beyond our control that could affect the total amount or the timing of such expenses. Many of the expenses that will be incurred, by their nature, are difficult to estimate accurately at the present time.

As a result, the transaction and integration expenses associated with the TelecityGroup acquisition could, particularly in the near term, exceed the cost savings that we expect to achieve from the streamlining of operations following the completion of the TelecityGroup acquisition.

The anticipated benefits of the TelecityGroup acquisition may not be realized fully and may take longer to realize than expected and there will be numerous challenges associated with integration.

The success of the TelecityGroup acquisition will depend, in part, on the combined company’s ability to successfully integrate our and TelecityGroup’s businesses, which currently operate as independent public companies, and realize the anticipated benefits, including synergies and cost savings, from the combination. If we are unable to achieve these objectives within the anticipated time frame, or at all, the anticipated benefits may not be realized fully or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected and the value of the combined company’s common stock may be adversely affected.

We will incur significant transaction-related costs in connection with the TelecityGroup acquisition and the integration process. We may encounter material challenges in connection with this integration process, including, without limitation:

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the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing business concerns and performance shortfalls at one or both of the companies as a result of the devotion of management’s attention to the TelecityGroup acquisition;

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managing a larger combined company;

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integrating two unique corporate cultures, which may prove to be challenging;

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retaining key employees, customers and suppliers, each of whom may experience uncertainty associated with the TelecityGroup acquisition or who may attempt to negotiate changes in their current or future business relationships with us;

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consolidating corporate and administrative infrastructures and eliminating duplicative operations; and

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unforeseen expenses or delays associated with the TelecityGroup acquisition.

Many of these factors will be outside of our control and any one of them could result in increased costs, decreases in the amount of expected revenues and diversion of management’s time and energy, which could materially impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our stockholders will have a reduced ownership and voting interest after the consummation of the TelecityGroup acquisition.

If the TelecityGroup acquisition completes, the TelecityGroup shareholders are expected to beneficially own approximately 10.1% of the common stock of the combined company after the TelecityGroup acquisition. Consequently, our current stockholders will own a smaller proportion of our common stock than the proportion of our common stock owned immediately prior to completion of the TelecityGroup acquisition and, as a result, the number of voting rights which can be exercised and the influence which may be exerted by our stockholders in respect of the combined company will be reduced.

The market price of our common stock may decline as a result of the TelecityGroup acquisition.

The market price of our common stock may decline as a result of the TelecityGroup acquisition if we do not achieve the perceived benefits of the TelecityGroup acquisition as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial or industry analysts or if the effect of the TelecityGroup acquisition on our financial results is not consistent with the expectations of financial or industry analysts. Current stockholders may not wish to continue to invest in us if the TelecityGroup acquisition is consummated or for other reasons may wish to dispose of some or all of their shares of our common stock. If, following the

consummation of the TelecityGroup acquisition, there is selling pressure on our common stock that exceeds demand at the market price, the price of our common stock could decline. In addition, TelecityGroup shareholders are expected to own approximately 10.1% of the common stock of the combined company, and they may decide to sell their common stock following the TelecityGroup acquisition, which may result in additional pressure on the price of our common stock.

We would incur adverse tax consequences if the combined company following the TelecityGroup acquisition failed to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

We believe that, following the TelecityGroup acquisition, we will integrate TelecityGroup’s assets and operations in a manner that will allow us to timely satisfy the REIT income, asset, and distribution tests applicable to us. However, if we fail to do so, we could jeopardize or lose our qualification for taxation as a REIT, particularly if we were ineligible to utilize relief provisions set forth in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. For any taxable year that we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we would not be allowed a deduction for distributions to our stockholders in computing our taxable income, and thus be subject to U.S. federal and state income tax at the regular corporate rates on all of our U.S. federal and state taxable income in the manner of a regular corporation. Those corporate level taxes would reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders or for reinvestment or other purposes, and would adversely affect our earnings. As a result, our failure to qualify for taxation as a REIT during any taxable year could have a material adverse effect upon us and our stockholders. Furthermore, unless prescribed relief provisions apply, we would not be eligible to elect REIT status again until the fifth taxable year that begins after the first year for which we failed to qualify as a REIT. Finally, even if we are able to utilize relief provisions and thereby avoid disqualification for taxation as a REIT, relief provisions typically involve paying a penalty tax in proportion to the severity and duration of the noncompliance with REIT requirements, and thus these penalty taxes could be significant in the context of noncompliance stemming from a transaction as large as the TelecityGroup acquisition.

Risks Related to Operating as a REIT

We may not remain qualified as a REIT.

We expect to be taxed as a REIT under the Code, commencing with our taxable year that began January 1, 2015. We believe we are operating so as to qualify as a REIT under the Code and believe that our organization and method of operation complies with the rules and regulations promulgated under the Code and will enable us to continue to qualify as a REIT. However, we cannot assure you that we will qualify as a REIT, or that we will remain qualified as a REIT. Qualification as a REIT requires us to satisfy numerous requirements (some on an annual and others on a quarterly basis) established under highly technical and complex sections of the Code which may change from time to time and for which there are only limited judicial and administrative interpretations, and involves the determination of various factual matters and circumstances not entirely within our control. For example, in order to qualify as a REIT, we must derive at least 95% of our gross income in any year from qualifying sources. In addition, we must satisfy specified asset tests on a quarterly basis.

If, in any taxable year, we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT and are not entitled to relief under the Code:

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we will not be allowed a deduction for distributions to stockholders in computing our taxable income;

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we will be subject to federal and state income tax, including any applicable alternative minimum tax, on our taxable income at regular corporate rates; and

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we will be disqualified from REIT tax treatment for four taxable years following the year we were so disqualified.

Any such corporate tax liability could be substantial and would reduce the amount of cash available for other purposes.

In addition, if we fail to qualify as a REIT, we still will have incurred substantial costs to support the REIT conversion and may still be subject to federal and state tax liabilities of approximately $360.0 to $370.0 million resulting from the recapture of depreciation and amortization expenses, of which $346.3 million has been settled as of September 30, 2015.

As a REIT, failure to make required distributions would subject us to federal corporate income tax.

We paid quarterly distributions in the first, second and third quarters of 2015 and our Board of Directors declared the 2015 Special Distribution and a quarterly distribution, each of which is payable in the fourth quarter of 2015. The amount, timing and form of any future distributions will be determined, and will be subject to adjustment, by our Board of Directors. To qualify and be taxed as a REIT, we are generally required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding net capital gain) each year to our stockholders. Generally, we expect to distribute all or substantially all of our REIT taxable income. If our cash available for distribution falls short of our estimates, we may be unable to maintain distributions that approximate our REIT taxable income and may fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT. In addition, our cash flows from operations may be insufficient to fund required distributions as a result of differences in timing between the actual receipt of income and the payment of expenses and the recognition of income and expenses for federal income tax purposes, or the effect of nondeductible expenditures, such as capital expenditures, payments of compensation for which Section 162(m) of the Code denies a deduction, the creation of reserves or required debt service or amortization payments.

To the extent that we satisfy the 90% distribution requirement but distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will be subject to federal corporate income tax on our undistributed taxable income. In addition, we will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on our undistributed taxable income if the actual amount that we distribute to our stockholders for a calendar year is less than the minimum amount specified under the Code.

We may be required to borrow funds or raise equity to satisfy our REIT distribution requirements.

Due to the cash outlays associated with our conversion to a REIT, or the size and timing of future regular or special distributions, including any distributions made to satisfy REIT distribution requirements and maintain our qualification and taxation as a REIT, we may need to borrow funds or raise equity, even if the then-prevailing market conditions are not favorable for these borrowings or offerings.

Any insufficiency of our cash flows to cover our REIT distribution requirements could adversely impact our ability to raise short- and long-term debt or to offer equity securities in order to fund distributions required to maintain our qualification and taxation as a REIT. Furthermore, the REIT distribution requirements may increase the financing we need to fund capital expenditures, future growth and expansion initiatives. This would increase our indebtedness. A significant increase in our outstanding debt could lead to a downgrade of our credit rating. A downgrade of our credit rating could negatively impact our ability to access credit markets. Further, certain of our current debt instruments limit the amount of indebtedness we and our subsidiaries may incur. Significantly more financing, therefore, may be unavailable, more expensive or restricted by the terms of our outstanding indebtedness. For a discussion of risks related to our substantial level of indebtedness, see “Other Risks”.

Whether we issue equity, at what price and the amount and other terms of any such issuances will depend on many factors, including alternative sources of capital, our then-existing leverage, our need for additional capital, market conditions and other factors beyond our control. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity securities or debt convertible into equity securities, the percentage of stock ownership by our existing stockholders may be reduced. In addition, new equity securities or convertible debt securities could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our current stockholders, which could substantially decrease the value of our securities owned by them. Depending on the share

price we are able to obtain, we may have to sell a significant number of shares in order to raise the capital we deem necessary to execute our long-term strategy, and our stockholders may experience dilution in the value of their shares as a result.

Legislative or other actions affecting REITs could have a negative effect on us or our stockholders.

At any time, the federal income tax laws governing REITs or the administrative interpretations of those laws may be amended. Federal and state tax laws are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process, the IRS, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and state taxing authorities. Changes to the tax laws, regulations and administrative interpretations, which may have retroactive application, could adversely affect us. In addition, some of these changes could have a more significant impact on us as compared to other REITs due to the nature of our business and our substantial use of TRSs. We cannot predict with certainty whether, when, in what forms, or with what effective dates, the tax laws, regulations and administrative interpretations applicable to us may be changed.

Complying with REIT requirements may limit our flexibility or cause us to forego otherwise attractive opportunities.

As a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we must satisfy tests concerning, among other things, the sources of our income, the nature and diversification of our assets and the amounts we distribute to our stockholders. For example, under the Code, no more than 25% of the value of the assets of a REIT may be represented by securities of our TRS and other nonqualifying assets. This limitation may affect our ability to make large investments in other non-REIT qualifying operations or assets. In addition, in order to maintain qualification as a REIT, we must annually distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gains. Even if we maintain our qualification as a REIT, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates for our undistributed REIT taxable income, as well as U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates for income recognized by our TRS. Because of these distribution requirements, we will likely not be able to fund future capital needs and investments from operating cash flow. As such, compliance with REIT tests may hinder our ability to make certain attractive investments, including the purchase of significant nonqualifying assets and the material expansion of non-real estate activities.

As a REIT, we are limited in our ability to fund distribution payments using cash generated through our TRSs.

Our ability to receive distributions from our TRSs is limited by the rules with which we must comply to maintain our status as a REIT. In particular, at least 75% of our gross income for each taxable year as a REIT must be derived from real estate. Consequently, no more than 25% of our gross income may consist of dividend income from our TRSs and other nonqualifying types of income. Thus, our ability to receive distributions from our TRSs may be limited, and may impact our ability to fund distributions to our stockholders using cash flows from our TRSs. Specifically, if our TRSs become highly profitable, we might become limited in our ability to receive net income from our TRSs in an amount required to fund distributions to our stockholders commensurate with that profitability.

In addition, a significant amount of our income and cash flows from our TRSs will be generated from our international operations. In many cases, there are local withholding taxes and currency controls that may impact our ability or willingness to repatriate funds to the United States to help satisfy REIT distribution requirements.

Our planned extensive use of TRSs, including for certain of our international operations, may cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT.

The net income of our TRSs is not required to be distributed to the REIT, and income that is not distributed to the REIT generally will not be subject to the REIT income distribution requirement. However, there may be limitations on our ability to accumulate earnings in our TRSs and the accumulation or

reinvestment of significant earnings in our TRSs could result in adverse tax treatment. In particular, if the accumulation of cash in our TRSs causes the fair market value of our securities in our TRSs and other nonqualifying assets to exceed 25% of the fair market value of our assets, we would fail to qualify as a REIT.

Our cash distributions are not guaranteed and may fluctuate.

A REIT generally is required to distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders.

Our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, will determine on a quarterly basis the amount of cash to be distributed to our stockholders based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, our results of operations, cash flow and capital requirements, economic conditions, tax considerations, borrowing capacity and other factors, including debt covenant restrictions that may impose limitations on cash payments, future acquisitions and divestitures and any stock repurchase program. Consequently, our distribution levels may fluctuate.

Even if we qualify as a REIT, some of our business activities are subject to corporate level income tax and foreign taxes, which will continue to reduce our cash flows, and we will have potential deferred and contingent tax liabilities.

As a REIT, we may be subject to some federal, state, local and foreign taxes on our income and assets, including alternative minimum taxes, taxes on any undistributed income, and state, local or foreign income, franchise, property and transfer taxes. In addition, we could in certain circumstances be required to pay an excise or penalty tax, which could be significant in amount, in order to utilize one or more relief provisions under the Code to maintain qualification for taxation as a REIT.

A portion of our business is conducted through wholly owned TRSs because certain of our business activities could generate nonqualifying REIT income as currently structured and operated. The income of our U.S. TRSs will continue to be subject to federal and state corporate income taxes. In addition, our international assets and operations will continue to be subject to taxation in the foreign jurisdictions where those assets are held or those operations are conducted. Any of these taxes would decrease our earnings and our available cash.

We will also be subject to a federal corporate level tax at the highest regular corporate rate (currently 35%) on gain recognized from a sale of assets occurring within a specified period (generally ten years) after the effective date of our REIT election, that is, January 1, 2015, to the extent of the built-in-gain based on the fair market value of those assets on the effective date of the REIT election in excess of our then tax basis. In addition, depreciation recapture income that we will recognize in 2015, as a result of accounting method changes that were effective prior to January 1, 2015, will be fully subject to this 35% tax.

In addition, the IRS and any state or local tax authority may successfully assert liabilities against us for corporate income taxes for our pre-REIT period, in which case we will owe these taxes plus applicable interest and penalties, if any. Moreover, any increase in taxable income for these pre-REIT periods will likely result in an increase in pre-REIT accumulated earnings and profits, which could either increase the taxable portion of our 2015 distributions to our stockholders or cause us to pay an additional taxable distribution to our stockholders after the relevant determination.

Restrictive loan covenants could prevent us from satisfying REIT distribution requirements.

Restrictions in our credit facility and our indentures may prevent us from satisfying our REIT distribution requirements, and we could fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT. If these limits do not jeopardize our qualification for taxation as a REIT but nevertheless prevent us from distributing 100% of our REIT taxable income, we would be subject to federal corporate income tax, and potentially a nondeductible excise tax, on the retained amounts. See “Other Risks” for further information on our restrictive loan covenants.

Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge effectively and increase the cost of our hedging and may cause us to incur tax liabilities.

The REIT provisions of the Code limit our ability to hedge assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Generally, income from hedging transactions that we enter into to manage risk of interest rate changes with respect to borrowings made or to be made to acquire or carry real estate assets and income from certain currency hedging transactions related to our non-U.S. operations do not constitute “gross income” for purposes of the REIT gross income tests. To the extent that we enter into other types of hedging transactions, the income from those transactions is likely to be treated as nonqualifying income for purposes of the REIT gross income tests. As a result of these rules, we may need to limit our use of advantageous hedging techniques or implement those hedges through a TRS. This could increase the cost of our hedging activities because our TRSs would be subject to tax on income or gains resulting from hedges entered into by them or expose us to greater risks associated with changes in interest rates or exchange rates than we would otherwise want to bear. In addition, hedging losses in any of our TRSs generally will not provide any tax benefit, except for being carried forward for possible use against future capital gain in the TRSs.

We have limited experience operating as a REIT, which may adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, per share trading price of our common stock and ability to forecast dividends.

We began operating as a REIT on January 1, 2015 and, as such, have limited operating history as a REIT. In addition, prior to January 1, 2015 our senior management team had no prior experience operating a REIT. We can provide no assurance that our past experience has sufficiently prepared us to operate successfully as a REIT. Our inability to operate successfully as a REIT, including the failure to maintain REIT status, could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Distributions payable by REITs generally do not qualify for preferential tax rates.

Qualifying distributions payable by corporations to individuals, trusts and estates that are U.S. stockholders are currently eligible for federal income tax at preferential rates. Distributions payable by REITs, in contrast, generally are not eligible for the preferential rates. The preferential rates applicable to regular corporate distributions could cause investors who are individuals, trusts and estates to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stock of non-REIT corporations that pay distributions, which could adversely affect the value of the stock of REITs, including our common stock.

Our certificate of incorporation contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our stock, though they may not be successful in preserving our REIT status.

As a REIT, no more than 50% of the value of outstanding shares of our stock may be owned, beneficially or constructively, by five or fewer individuals at any time during the last half of each taxable year other than the first year for which we elect to be taxed as a REIT. In addition, rents from “affiliated tenants” will not qualify as qualifying REIT income if we own 10% or more by vote or value of the customer, whether directly or after application of attribution rules under the Code. Subject to certain exceptions, our certificate of incorporation prohibits any stockholder from owning beneficially or constructively more than (i) 9.8% in value of the outstanding shares of all classes or series of our capital stock or (ii) 9.8% in value or number, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of any class or series of our capital stock. We refer to these restrictions collectively as the “ownership limits” and we included them in our certificate of incorporation to facilitate our compliance with REIT tax rules. The constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause the outstanding stock owned by a group of related individuals or entities to be deemed to be constructively owned by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8% of our outstanding common stock (or the outstanding

shares of any class or series of our stock) by an individual or entity could cause that individual or entity or another individual or entity to own constructively in excess of the relevant ownership limits. Any attempt to own or transfer shares of our common stock or of any of our other capital stock in violation of these restrictions may result in the shares being automatically transferred to a charitable trust or may be void. Even though our certificate of incorporation contains the ownership limits, there can be no assurance that these provisions will be effective to prevent our REIT status from being jeopardized, including under the affiliated tenant rule. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that we will be able to enforce the ownership limits. If the restrictions in our certificate of incorporation are not effective and as a result we fail to satisfy the REIT tax rules described above, then absent an applicable relief provision, we will fail to qualify as a REIT.

Other Risks

Acquisitions present many risks, and we may not realize the financial or strategic goals that were contemplated at the time of any transaction.

In May 2015, we announced a cash and share offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of TelecityGroup for total consideration of approximately $3.6 billion at the time of announcement. In September 2015, we announced a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of Bit-isle Inc. for total consideration of approximately $280 million at the time of announcement. Over the last several years, we have completed several acquisitions, including that of Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc. (“Switch and Data”) in 2010, an approximate 53% controlling equity interest in ALOG Data Centers do Brasil S.A. (“ALOG”) in 2011 and the remaining outstanding shares of ALOG in 2014, Asia Tone Limited and ancotel GmbH in 2012, an acquisition of a Dubai IBX data center in 2012, an acquisition of a carrier hotel in Frankfurt in 2013 and Nimbo in 2015. We may make additional acquisitions in the future, which may include (i) acquisitions of businesses, products, services or technologies that we believe to be complementary, (ii) acquisitions of new IBX data centers or real estate for development of new IBX data centers or (iii) acquisitions through investments in local data center operators. We may pay for future acquisitions by using our existing cash resources (which may limit other potential uses of our cash), incurring additional debt (which may increase our interest expense, leverage and debt service requirements) and/or issuing shares (which may dilute our existing stockholders and have a negative effect on our earnings per share). Acquisitions expose us to potential risks, including:

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the possible disruption of our ongoing business and diversion of management’s attention by acquisition, transition and integration activities, particularly when multiple acquisitions and integrations are occurring at the same time;

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our potential inability to successfully pursue or realize some or all of the anticipated revenue opportunities associated with an acquisition or investment;

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the possibility that we may not be able to successfully integrate acquired businesses, or businesses in which we invest, or achieve anticipated operating efficiencies or cost savings;

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the possibility that announced acquisitions may not be completed, due to failure to satisfy the conditions to closing or for other reasons;

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the dilution of our existing stockholders as a result of our issuing stock in transactions, such as in connection with our acquisition of Switch and Data, or our pending acquisition of TelecityGroup;

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the possibility of customer dissatisfaction if we are unable to achieve levels of quality and stability on par with past practices;

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the potential deterioration to our ability to access credit markets due to increased leverage;

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the possibility that our customers may not accept either the existing equipment infrastructure or the “look-and-feel” of a new or different IBX data center;

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the possibility that additional capital expenditures may be required or that transaction expenses associated with acquisitions may be higher than anticipated;

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the possibility that required financing to fund an acquisition may not be available on acceptable terms or at all;

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the possibility that we may be unable to obtain required approvals from governmental authorities under antitrust and competition laws on a timely basis or at all, which could, among other things, delay or prevent us from completing an acquisition, limit our ability to realize the expected financial or strategic benefits of an acquisition or have other adverse effects on our current business and operations;

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the possible loss or reduction in value of acquired businesses;

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the possibility that future acquisitions may present new complexities in deal structure, related complex accounting and coordination with new partners, particularly in light of our status as a REIT;

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the possibility that future acquisitions may be in geographies and regulatory environments to which we are unaccustomed;

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the possibility that carriers may find it cost-prohibitive or impractical to bring fiber and networks into a new IBX data center;

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the possibility of litigation or other claims in connection with, or as a result of, an acquisition, including claims from terminated employees, customers, former stockholders or other third parties; and

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the possibility of pre-existing undisclosed liabilities, including, but not limited to, lease or landlord related liability, environmental liability or asbestos liability, for which insurance coverage may be insufficient or unavailable, or other issues not discovered in the diligence process.

The occurrence of any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

We cannot assure that the price of any future acquisitions of IBX data centers will be similar to prior IBX data center acquisitions. In fact, we expect costs required to build or render new IBX data centers operational to increase in the future. If our revenue does not keep pace with these potential acquisition and expansion costs, we may not be able to maintain our current or expected margins as we absorb these additional expenses. There is no assurance we would successfully overcome these risks or any other problems encountered with these acquisitions.

Our substantial debt could adversely affect our cash flows and limit our flexibility to raise additional capital.

We have a significant amount of debt and may need to incur additional debt to support our growth. Additional debt may also be incurred to fund future acquisitions, any future special distributions, regular distributions or the other cash outlays associated with maintaining qualification as a REIT. As of September 30, 2015, our total indebtedness was approximately $4.7 billion, our stockholders’ equity was $1.5 billion and our cash and investments totaled $339.5 million. In addition, as of September 30, 2015, we had approximately $957.3 million of additional liquidity available to us from our $1.0 billion revolving credit facility as part of a $1.5 billion senior credit facility agreement entered into with a group of lenders, approximately $1.3 billion from the Bridge Loan entered into to fund the TelecityGroup acquisition, and approximately $395.8 million from the Bridge Loan Agreement entered into to fund the Bit-isle acquisition. Some of our debt contains covenants which may limit our operating flexibility. In addition to our substantial debt, we lease a majority of our IBX data centers and certain equipment under non-cancellable lease agreements, the majority of which are accounted for as operating leases. As of September 30, 2015, our total minimum operating lease commitments under those lease agreements, excluding potential lease renewals, was approximately $1.1 billion, which represents off-balance sheet commitments.

Our substantial amount of debt and related covenants, and our off-balance sheet commitments, could have important consequences. For example, they could:

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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to make interest and principal payments on our debt and in respect of other off-balance sheet arrangements, reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund future capital expenditures, working capital, execution of our expansion strategy and other general corporate requirements;

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increase the likelihood of negative outlook from our rating agencies;

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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations under our various debt instruments;

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increase our cost of borrowing and even limit our ability to access additional debt to fund future growth;

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increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions and adverse changes in governmental regulations;

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limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and industry, which may place us at a competitive disadvantage compared with our competitors;

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limit our operating flexibility through covenants with which we must comply, such as limiting our ability to repurchase shares of our common stock;

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limit our ability to borrow additional funds, even when necessary to maintain adequate liquidity, which would also limit our ability to further expand our business; and

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make us more vulnerable to increases in interest rates because of the variable interest rates on some of our borrowings to the extent we have not entirely hedged such variable rate debt.

The occurrence of any of the foregoing factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, the performance of our stock price may trigger events that would require the write-off of a significant portion of our debt issuance costs related to our convertible debt, which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We may also need to refinance a portion of our outstanding debt as it matures. There is a risk that we may not be able to refinance existing debt or that the terms of any refinancing may not be as favorable as the terms of our existing debt. Furthermore, if prevailing interest rates or other factors at the time of refinancing result in higher interest rates upon refinancing, then the interest expense relating to that refinanced indebtedness would increase. We also have a $1.3 billion Bridge Loan to complete the TelecityGroup acquisition that we intend to replace with permanent financing prior to the closing. If we are unable to replace the Bridge Loan with alternative financing, the terms of the Bridge Loan would be more costly than our existing debt obligations. These risks could materially adversely affect our financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.

Global economic uncertainty and debt issues could adversely impact our business and financial condition.

The varying pace of global economic recovery continues to create uncertainty and unpredictability and add risk to our future outlook. An uncertain global economy could also result in churn in our customer base, reductions in revenues from our offerings, longer sales cycles, slower adoption of new technologies and increased price competition, adversely affecting our liquidity. The uncertain economic environment could also have an impact on our foreign exchange forward contracts if our counterparties’ credit deteriorates or they are otherwise unable to perform their obligations. Finally, our ability to access the capital markets may be severely restricted at a time when we would like, or need, to do so which could have an impact on our flexibility to pursue additional expansion opportunities and maintain our desired level of revenue growth in the future.

The market price of our stock may continue to be highly volatile, and the value of an investment in our common stock may decline.

The market price of the shares of our common stock has been and may continue to be highly volatile. General economic and market conditions, and market conditions for telecommunications stocks in general, may affect the market price of our common stock.

Announcements by us or others, or speculations about our future plans, may also have a significant impact on the market price of our common stock. These may relate to:

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our operating results or forecasts;

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new issuances of equity, debt or convertible debt by us;

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changes to our capital allocation, tax planning or business strategy;

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our qualification as a REIT and our declaration of distributions to our stockholders;

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a stock repurchase program;

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developments in our relationships with corporate customers;

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announcements by our customers or competitors;

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changes in regulatory policy or interpretation;

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governmental investigations;

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changes in the ratings of our debt or stock by rating agencies or securities analysts;

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our purchase or development of real estate and/or additional IBX data centers;

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our acquisitions of complementary businesses; or

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the operational performance of our IBX data centers.

The stock market has from time to time experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations, which have particularly affected the market prices for telecommunications companies, and which have often been unrelated to their operating performance. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Furthermore, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and/or damages, and divert management’s attention from other business concerns, which could seriously harm our business.

If we are not able to generate sufficient operating cash flows or obtain external financing, our ability to fund incremental expansion plans may be limited.

Our capital expenditures, together with ongoing operating expenses, obligations to service our debt and the cash outlays associated with our REIT distribution requirements, will be a substantial drain on our cash flow and may decrease our cash balances. Additional debt or equity financing may not be available when needed or, if available, may not be available on satisfactory terms. Our inability to obtain additional debt and/or equity financing or to generate sufficient cash from operations may require us to prioritize projects or curtail capital expenditures which could adversely affect our results of operations.

Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates in the markets in which we operate internationally could harm our results of operations.

We may experience gains and losses resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. To date, the majority of our revenues and costs are denominated in U.S. dollars; however, the majority of revenues and costs in our international operations are denominated in foreign currencies. Where our prices are denominated in U.S. dollars, our sales and revenues could be adversely affected by declines in

foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar, thereby making our offerings more expensive in local currencies. We are also exposed to risks resulting from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates in connection with our international expansions. To the extent we are paying contractors in foreign currencies, our expansions could cost more than anticipated as a result of declines in the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies. In addition, fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates have a direct impact on how our international results of operations translate into U.S. dollars.

Although we currently undertake, and may decide in the future to further undertake, foreign exchange hedging transactions to reduce foreign currency transaction exposure, we do not currently intend to eliminate all foreign currency transaction exposure. In addition, REIT compliance rules may restrict our ability to enter into hedging transactions. Therefore, any weakness of the U.S. dollar may have a positive impact on our consolidated results of operations because the currencies in the foreign countries in which we operate may translate into more U.S. dollars. However, if the U.S. dollar strengthens relative to the currencies of the foreign countries in which we operate, our consolidated financial position and results of operations may be negatively impacted as amounts in foreign currencies will generally translate into fewer U.S. dollars. For additional information on foreign currency risk, refer to our discussion of foreign currency risk in “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” included in Item 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Changes in U.S. or foreign tax laws, regulations, or interpretations thereof, including changes to tax rates, may adversely affect our financial statements and cash taxes.

We are a U.S. company with global subsidiaries and are subject to income taxes in the U.S. (although currently limited due to our REIT status) and many foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes. Although we believe that we have adequately assessed and accounted for our potential tax liabilities, and that our tax estimates are reasonable, there can be no certainty that additional taxes will not be due upon audit of our tax returns or as a result of changes to the tax laws and interpretations thereof. The U.S. Congress as well as the governments of many of the countries in which we operate are actively discussing changes to the corporate recognition and taxation of worldwide income. The nature and timing of any changes to each jurisdiction’s tax laws and the impact on our future tax liabilities cannot be predicted with any accuracy but could materially and adversely impact our results of operations and financial position or cash flows.

We are continuing to invest in our expansion efforts but may not have sufficient customer demand in the future to realize expected returns on these investments.

We are considering the acquisition or lease of additional properties and the construction of new IBX data centers beyond those expansion projects already announced. We will be required to commit substantial operational and financial resources to these IBX data centers, generally 12 to 18 months in advance of securing customer contracts, and we may not have sufficient customer demand in those markets to support these centers once they are built. In addition, unanticipated technological changes could affect customer requirements for data centers, and we may not have built such requirements into our new IBX data centers. Either of these contingencies, if they were to occur, could make it difficult for us to realize expected or reasonable returns on these investments.

Our offerings have a long sales cycle that may harm our revenues and operating results.

A customer’s decision to purchase our offerings typically involves a significant commitment of resources. In addition, some customers will be reluctant to commit to locating in our IBX data centers until they are confident that the IBX data center has adequate carrier connections. As a result, we have a long sales cycle. Furthermore, we may devote significant time and resources in pursuing a particular sale or customer that does not result in revenue. We have also significantly expanded our sales force in recent years, and it will take time for these new hires to become fully productive.

Delays due to the length of our sales cycle may materially and adversely affect our revenues and operating results, which could harm our ability to meet our forecasts and cause volatility in our stock price.

Any failure of our physical infrastructure or offerings could lead to significant costs and disruptions that could reduce our revenue and harm our business reputation and financial results.

Our business depends on providing customers with highly reliable solutions. We must safehouse our customers’ infrastructure and equipment located in our IBX data centers. We own certain of our IBX data centers, but others are leased by us, and we rely on the landlord for basic maintenance of our leased IBX data centers. If such landlord has not maintained a leased property sufficiently, we may be forced into an early exit from the center which could be disruptive to our business. Furthermore, we continue to acquire IBX data centers not built by us. If we discover that these IBX data centers and their infrastructure assets are not in the condition we expected when they were acquired, we may be required to incur substantial additional costs to repair or upgrade the centers.

The offerings we provide in each of our IBX data centers are subject to failure resulting from numerous factors, including:

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human error;

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equipment failure;

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physical, electronic and cybersecurity breaches;

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fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood, tornado and other natural disasters;

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extreme temperatures;

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water damage;

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fiber cuts;

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power loss;

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terrorist acts;

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sabotage and vandalism; and

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failure of business partners who provide our resale products.

Problems at one or more of our IBX data centers, whether or not within our control, could result in service interruptions or significant equipment damage. We have service level commitment obligations to certain of our customers. As a result, service interruptions or significant equipment damage in our IBX data centers could result in difficulty maintaining service level commitments to these customers and potential claims related to such failures. Because our IBX data centers are critical to many of our customers’ businesses, service interruptions or significant equipment damage in our IBX data centers could also result in lost profits or other indirect or consequential damages to our customers. We cannot guarantee that a court would enforce any contractual limitations on our liability in the event that one of our customers brings a lawsuit against us as a result of a problem at one of our IBX data centers. In addition, any loss of service, equipment damage or inability to meet our service level commitment obligations could reduce the confidence of our customers and could consequently impair our ability to obtain and retain customers, which would adversely affect both our ability to generate revenues and our operating results.

Furthermore, we are dependent upon Internet service providers, telecommunications carriers and other website operators in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions and elsewhere, some of which have experienced significant system failures and electrical outages in the past. Our customers may in the future experience difficulties due to system failures unrelated to our systems and offerings. If, for any reason, these providers fail to provide the required services, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely impacted.

We are currently making significant investments in our back office information technology systems, including those surrounding the customer experience from initial quote to customer billing, and upgrading our worldwide financial application suite. Difficulties, distractions or disruptions to these efforts may interrupt our normal operations and adversely affect our business and operating results.

Commencing in 2012, we began a significant project to overhaul our back office systems that support the customer experience from initial quote to customer billing and our revenue recognition process. Additionally, commencing in 2013, we began to devote significant resources to the upgrade of our worldwide financial application suite from Oracle’s version 11i to R12. Both projects have continued into 2015. Oracle has already begun to discontinue its support for our current business application suite. While the Oracle financial application suite implementation was largely completed in July 2014 and the initial implementation of the systems to support our billing and revenue process was completed in August 2014, work continues on our back office systems including further deployments of these systems to additional countries. As a result of that discontinued support and our continued work on these projects, we may experience difficulties with our systems, management distraction and significant business disruptions. Difficulties with our systems may interrupt our ability to accept and deliver customer orders and may adversely impact our overall financial operations, including our accounts payable, accounts receivables, general ledger, close processes, internal financial controls and our ability to otherwise run and track our business. We may need to expend significant attention, time and resources to correct problems or find alternative sources for performing these functions. All of these changes to our financial systems create an increased risk of deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting until such systems are stabilized. Such significant investments in our back office systems may take longer to complete and cost more than originally planned. In addition, we may not realize the full benefits we hoped to achieve and there is a risk of an impairment charge if we decide that portions of these projects will not ultimately benefit the company or are de-scoped. Any such difficulty or disruption may adversely affect our business and operating results.

The insurance coverage that we purchase may prove to be inadequate.

We carry liability, property, business interruption and other insurance policies to cover insurable risks to our company. We select the types of insurance, the limits and the deductibles based on our specific risk profile, the cost of the insurance coverage versus its perceived benefit and general industry standards. Our insurance policies contain industry standard exclusions for events such as war and nuclear reaction. We purchase minimal levels of earthquake insurance for certain of our IBX data centers, but for most of our data centers, including many in California, we have elected to self-insure. The earthquake and flood insurance that we do purchase would be subject to high deductibles and any of the limits of insurance that we purchase could prove to be inadequate, which could materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our construction of additional new IBX data centers or IBX data center expansions could involve significant risks to our business.

In order to sustain our growth in certain of our existing and new markets, we must expand an existing data center, lease a new facility or acquire suitable land, with or without structures, to build new IBX data centers from the ground up. Expansions or new builds are currently underway, or being contemplated, in many of our markets. Any related construction requires us to carefully select and rely on the experience of one or more designers, general contractors, and associated subcontractors during the design and construction process. Should a designer, general contractor or significant subcontractor experience financial or other problems during the design or construction process, we could experience significant delays, increased costs to complete the project and/or other negative impacts to our expected returns.

Site selection is also a critical factor in our expansion plans. There may not be suitable properties available in our markets with the necessary combination of high power capacity and fiber connectivity, or selection may be limited. Thus, while we may prefer to locate new IBX data centers adjacent to our existing locations it may not always be possible. In the event we decide to build new IBX data centers separate from our existing IBX data centers, we may provide interconnection solutions to connect these two centers. Should these solutions not provide the necessary reliability to sustain connection, this could result in lower interconnection revenue and lower margins and could have a negative impact on customer retention over time.

Environmental regulations may impose upon us new or unexpected costs.

We are subject to various federal, state, local and international environmental and health and safety laws and regulations, including those relating to the generation, storage, handling and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes. Certain of these laws and regulations also impose joint and several liability, without regard to fault, for investigation and cleanup costs on current and former owners and operators of real property and persons who have disposed of or released hazardous substances into the environment. Our operations involve the use of hazardous substances and materials such as petroleum fuel for emergency generators, as well as batteries, cleaning solutions and other materials. In addition, we lease, own or operate real property at which hazardous substances and regulated materials have been used in the past. At some of our locations, hazardous substances or regulated materials are known to be present in soil or groundwater, and there may be additional unknown hazardous substances or regulated materials present at sites we own, operate or lease. At some of our locations, there are land use restrictions in place relating to earlier environmental cleanups that do not materially limit our use of the sites. To the extent any hazardous substances or any other substance or material must be cleaned up or removed from our property, we may be responsible under applicable laws, regulations or leases for the removal or cleanup of such substances or materials, the cost of which could be substantial.

In addition, we are subject to environmental, health and safety laws regulating air emissions, storm water management and other issues arising in our business. While these obligations do not normally impose material costs upon our operations, unexpected events, equipment malfunctions and human error, among other factors, can lead to violations of environmental laws, regulations or permits.

Furthermore, environmental laws and regulations change frequently and may require additional investment to maintain compliance. Noncompliance with existing, or adoption of more stringent, environmental or health and safety laws and regulations or the discovery of previously unknown contamination could require us to incur costs or become the basis of new or increased liabilities that could be material.

Regulation of greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions could increase the cost of electricity by reducing supplies of electricity generated from fossil fuels, by requiring the use of more expensive generating methods or by imposing taxes or fees upon electricity generation or use. Electricity is a material cost in connection with our business, and an increase in the cost of electricity, whether from regulations of GHGs or otherwise, could adversely affect us.

Regulations to limit GHG emissions have been in force in the European Union for some time. In the U.S., regulation of GHGs is in force for new sources under existing law and regulations. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has proposed regulations under existing statutory authority that would require states to reduce GHG emissions by 30% by 2030. Certain states, like California, regulate GHG emissions by imposing regulatory caps on allowances and by selling or auctioning the rights to such emissions. These programs have not had a material adverse effect on our electricity costs to date, but due to the market-driven nature of some of the programs, could do so in the future.

In addition, regulation of GHGs is subject to change globally and nationally. For example, the United States and China recently announced an agreement regarding climate change that would require China to consider regulating its GHG emissions to prevent further increases in emissions of GHGs by 2030. In order for China to meet this commitment, China may impose limitations on fossil fuel generation or costs upon electricity, similar to those imposed in the U.S. and elsewhere. In other international forums, new commitments under the International Convention on Climate Change could result in new limits on GHG emissions within participating nations. Any such new regulations could trigger increases in electricity costs that could adversely affect our business in affected countries.

Even existing programs can change over time in ways that affect our operations. California’s cap-and-trade program was expanded on January 1, 2015 to require fuel distributors (for example, gas pipeline companies and diesel fuel distributors) to obtain allowances for the GHG emissions attributable to the combustion of the fuels they sell. Such regulations have increased our costs for both electricity and fuel (for example, for emergency generators) in California.

The physical impacts of climate change, including extreme weather conditions such as heat waves, could materially increase our costs of operation due to, for example, an increase in our energy use in order to maintain the temperature and internal environment of our data centers necessary for our operations. To the extent any environmental laws enacted or regulations impose new or unexpected costs, our business, results of operations or financial condition may be adversely affected.

If we are unable to recruit or retain qualified personnel, our business could be harmed.

We must continue to identify, hire, train and retain IT professionals, technical engineers, operations employees, and sales, marketing, finance and senior management personnel who maintain relationships with our customers and who can provide the technical, strategic and marketing skills required for our company to grow. There is a shortage of qualified personnel in these fields, and we compete with other companies for the limited pool of talent. The failure to recruit and retain necessary personnel, including, but not limited to, members of our executive team, could harm our business and our ability to grow our company.

We may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors.

We must be able to differentiate our IBX data centers and product offerings from those of our competitors. In addition to competing with other neutral colocation providers, we compete with traditional colocation providers, including telecommunications companies, carriers, internet service providers, managed services providers and large REITs who also operate in our market and may enjoy a cost advantage in providing offerings similar to those provided by our IBX data centers. We may experience competition from our landlords which could also reduce the amount of space available to us for expansion in the future. Rather than leasing available space in our buildings to large single tenants, they may decide to convert the space instead to smaller square foot units designed for multi-tenant colocation use, blurring the line between retail and wholesale space. We may also face competition from existing competitors or new entrants to the market seeking to replicate our global IBX data center concept by building or acquiring data centers, offering colocation on neutral terms or by replicating our strategy and messaging. Finally, customers may also decide it is cost-effective for them to build out their own data centers. Once customers have an established data center footprint, either through a relationship with one of our competitors or through in-sourcing, it may be extremely difficult to convince them to relocate to our IBX data centers.

Some of our competitors may adopt aggressive pricing policies, especially if they are not highly leveraged or have lower return thresholds than we do. As a result, we may suffer from pricing pressure that would adversely affect our ability to generate revenues. Some of these competitors may also provide our target customers with additional benefits, including bundled communication services or cloud services, and may do so in a manner that is more attractive to our potential customers than obtaining space in our IBX data centers. Similarly, with growing acceptance of cloud-based technologies, Equinix is at risk losing customers that may decide to fully leverage cloud infrastructure offerings instead of managing their own. Competitors could also operate more successfully or form alliances to acquire significant market share.

Failure to compete successfully may materially adversely affect our financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.

Our business could be harmed by prolonged power outages or shortages, increased costs of energy or general lack of availability of electrical resources.

Our IBX data centers are susceptible to regional costs of power, power shortages, planned or unplanned power outages and limitations, especially internationally, on the availability of adequate power resources.

Power outages, such as those relating to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011 or Superstorm Sandy, which hit the U.S. East Coast in 2012, could harm our customers and our business. We attempt to limit our exposure to system downtime by using backup generators and power supplies; however, we may not be able to limit our exposure entirely even with these protections in place. Some of our IBXs are located in leased buildings where, depending upon the lease requirements and number of tenants involved, we may or may not control some or all of the infrastructure including generators and fuel tanks. As a result, in the event of a power outage, we may be dependent upon the landlord, as well as the utility company, to restore the power.

In addition, global fluctuations in the price of power can increase the cost of energy, and although contractual price increase clauses exist in the majority of our customer agreements, we may not always choose to pass these increased costs on to our customers.

In each of our markets, we rely on third parties to provide a sufficient amount of power for current and future customers. At the same time, power and cooling requirements are growing on a per unit basis. As a result, some customers are consuming an increasing amount of power per cabinet. We generally do not control the amount of power our customers draw from their installed circuits. This means that we could face power limitations in our IBX data centers. This could have a negative impact on the effective available capacity of a given center and limit our ability to grow our business, which could have a negative impact on our financial performance, operating results and cash flows.

We may also have difficulty obtaining sufficient power capacity for potential expansion sites in new or existing markets. We may experience significant delays and substantial increased costs demanded by the utilities to provide the level of electrical service required by our current IBX data center designs.

If our internal controls are found to be ineffective, our financial results or our stock price may be adversely affected.

Our most recent evaluation of our controls resulted in our conclusion that, as of December 31, 2014, in compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, our internal controls over financial reporting were effective. Our ability to manage our operations and growth, through, for example, ongoing billing system updates being deployed into production during 2015, will require us to further develop our controls and reporting systems and implement or amend new or existing controls and reporting systems. All of these changes to our financial systems create an increased risk of deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting until such systems are stabilized. If, in the future, our internal control over financial reporting is found to be ineffective, or if a material weakness is identified in our controls over financial reporting, our financial results may be adversely affected. Investors may also lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements which could adversely affect our stock price.

If we cannot effectively manage our international operations, and successfully implement our international expansion plans, our revenues may not increase and our business and results of operations would be harmed.

For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, we recognized approximately 49%, 46% and 44%, respectively, of our revenues outside the U.S. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we recognized approximately 48% of our revenues outside of the US. We currently operate outside of the U.S. in Canada, Brazil, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

To date, the network neutrality of our IBX data centers and the variety of networks available to our customers has often been a competitive advantage for us. In certain of our acquired IBX data centers in the Asia-Pacific region the limited number of carriers available reduces that advantage. As a result, we may need to adapt our key revenue-generating offerings and pricing to be competitive in those markets. In addition, we are currently undergoing expansions or evaluating expansion opportunities outside of the U.S. Undertaking and managing expansions in foreign jurisdictions may present unanticipated challenges to us.

Our international operations are generally subject to a number of additional risks, including:

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the costs of customizing IBX data centers for foreign countries;

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protectionist laws and business practices favoring local competition;

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greater difficulty or delay in accounts receivable collection;

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difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations, including negotiating with foreign labor unions or workers’ councils;

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difficulties in managing across cultures and in foreign languages;

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political and economic instability;

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fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

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difficulties in repatriating funds from certain countries;

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our ability to obtain, transfer, or maintain licenses required by governmental entities with respect to our business;

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unexpected changes in regulatory, tax and political environments;

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our ability to secure and maintain the necessary physical and telecommunications infrastructure;

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compliance with anti-bribery and corruption laws;

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compliance with economic and trade sanctions enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury; and

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compliance with evolving governmental regulation with which we have little experience.

In addition, compliance with international and U.S. laws and regulations that apply to our international operations increases our cost of doing business in foreign jurisdictions. These laws and regulations include data privacy requirements, labor relations laws, tax laws, anti-competition regulations, import and trade restrictions, export requirements, economic and trade sanctions, U.S. laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and local laws which also prohibit corrupt payments to governmental officials. Violations of these laws and regulations could result in fines, criminal sanctions against us, our officers or our employees, and prohibitions on the conduct of our business. Any such violations could include prohibitions on our ability to offer our offerings in one or more countries, could delay or prevent potential acquisitions, and could also materially damage our reputation, our brand, our international expansion efforts, our ability to attract and retain employees, our business and our operating results. Our success depends, in part, on our ability to anticipate and address these risks and manage these difficulties.

Economic uncertainty in developing markets could adversely affect our revenue and earnings.

We conduct business, or are contemplating expansion, in developing markets with economies that tend to be more volatile than those in the U.S. and Western Europe. The risk of doing business in developing markets such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and other economically volatile areas could adversely affect our operations and earnings. Such risks include the financial instability among customers in these regions, political instability, fraud or corruption and other non-economic factors such as irregular trade flows that need to be managed successfully with the help of the local governments. In addition, commercial laws in some developing countries can be vague, inconsistently administered and retroactively applied. If we are deemed not to be in compliance with applicable laws in developing countries where we conduct business, our prospects and business in those countries could be harmed, which could then have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and financial position. Our failure to successfully manage economic, political and other risks relating to doing business in developing countries and economically and politically volatile areas could adversely affect our business.

The use of high power density equipment may limit our ability to fully utilize our older IBX data centers.

Some customers have increased their use of high power density equipment, such as blade servers, in our IBX data centers which has increased the demand for power on a per cabinet basis. Because many of our IBX data centers were built a number of years ago, the current demand for power may exceed the designed electrical capacity in these centers. As power, not space, is a limiting factor in many of our IBX data centers, our ability to fully utilize those IBX data centers may be limited. The ability to increase the power capacity of an IBX data center, should we decide to, is dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, the local utility’s ability to provide additional power; the length of time required to provide such power; and/or whether it is feasible to upgrade the electrical infrastructure of an IBX data center to deliver additional power to customers. Although we are currently designing and building to a higher power specification than that of many of our older IBX data centers, there is a risk that demand will continue to increase and our IBX data centers could become underutilized sooner than expected.

We expect our operating results to fluctuate.

We have experienced fluctuations in our results of operations on a quarterly and annual basis. The fluctuations in our operating results may cause the market price of our common stock to be volatile. We may experience significant fluctuations in our operating results in the foreseeable future due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to:

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fluctuations of foreign currencies in the markets in which we operate;

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the timing and magnitude of depreciation and interest expense or other expenses related to the acquisition, purchase or construction of additional IBX data centers or the upgrade of existing IBX data centers;

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demand for space, power and services at our IBX data centers;

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changes in general economic conditions, such as an economic downturn, or specific market conditions in the telecommunications and Internet industries, both of which may have an impact on our customer base;

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charges to earnings resulting from past acquisitions due to, among other things, impairment of goodwill or intangible assets, reduction in the useful lives of intangible assets acquired, identification of additional assumed contingent liabilities or revised estimates to restructure an acquired company’s operations;

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the duration of the sales cycle for our offerings and our ability to ramp our newly-hired sales persons to full productivity within the time period we have forecasted;

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restructuring charges or reversals of restructuring charges, which may be necessary due to revised sublease assumptions, changes in strategy or otherwise;

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acquisitions or dispositions we may make;

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the financial condition and credit risk of our customers;

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the provision of customer discounts and credits;

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the mix of current and proposed products and offerings and the gross margins associated with our products and offerings;

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the timing required for new and future IBX data centers to open or become fully utilized;

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competition in the markets in which we operate;

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conditions related to international operations;

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increasing repair and maintenance expenses in connection with aging IBX data centers;

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lack of available capacity in our existing IBX data centers to generate new revenue or delays in opening new or acquired IBX data centers that delay our ability to generate new revenue in markets which have otherwise reached capacity;

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changes in rent expense as we amend our IBX data center leases in connection with extending their lease terms when their initial lease term expiration dates approach or changes in shared operating costs in connection with our leases, which are commonly referred to as common area maintenance expenses;

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the timing and magnitude of other operating expenses, including taxes, expenses related to the expansion of sales, marketing, operations and acquisitions, if any, of complementary businesses and assets;

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the cost and availability of adequate public utilities, including power;

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changes in employee stock-based compensation;

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overall inflation;

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increasing interest expense due to any increases in interest rates and/or potential additional debt financings;

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changes in our tax planning strategies or failure to realize anticipated benefits from such strategies;

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changes in income tax benefit or expense; and

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changes in or new generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the U.S. as periodically released by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

Any of the foregoing factors, or other factors discussed elsewhere in this report, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Although we have experienced growth in revenues in recent quarters, this growth rate is not necessarily indicative of future operating results. Prior to 2008, we had generated net losses every fiscal year since inception. It is possible that we may not be able to generate net income on a quarterly or annual basis in the future. In addition, a relatively large portion of our expenses are fixed in the short-term, particularly with respect to lease and personnel expenses, depreciation and amortization and interest expenses. Therefore, our results of operations are particularly sensitive to fluctuations in revenues. As such, comparisons to prior reporting periods should not be relied upon as indications of our future performance. In addition, our operating results in one or more future quarters may fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors.

Our days sales outstanding (DSO) of our accounts receivables have been increasing.

Although we have historically experienced a record of strong collection of our accounts receivables as evidenced by our prior DSO metrics, our DSO has increased over the past few quarters. Our DSO was affected by the implementation of a new billing system. The initial implementation of this system was completed in August 2014, but the implementation of this system in all three regions was not completed until July 2015. While this new system is now operational in all three regions, it is not operational in all countries within each region and further developments are still underway. The ongoing changes in the billing system may result in further delays in our billing and collections. We believe these are temporary issues that will resolve themselves over time together with the overall negative impact to our DSO has had an impact to our operating cash flows, liquidity and financial performance. However, if we are unable to resolve the underlying issues that are contributing to our current DSO levels, our operating cash flows, liquidity and financial performance may continue to be impacted.

We may incur goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges, or impairment charges to our property, plant and equipment, which could result in a significant reduction to our earnings.

In accordance with GAAP, we are required to assess our goodwill and other intangible assets annually, or more frequently whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate potential impairment, such as changing market conditions or any changes in key assumptions. If the testing performed indicates that an asset may not be recoverable, we are required to record a non-cash impairment charge for the difference between the carrying value of the goodwill or other intangible assets and the implied fair value of the goodwill or other intangible assets in the period the determination is made.

We also monitor the remaining net book values of our property, plant and equipment periodically, including at the individual IBX data center level. Although each individual IBX data center is currently performing in line with our expectations, the possibility that one or more IBX data centers could begin to under-perform relative to our expectations is possible and may also result in non-cash impairment charges.

These charges could be significant, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

We have incurred substantial losses in the past and may incur additional losses in the future.

As of September 30, 2015, our accumulated deficit was $118.9 million. Although we have generated net income for each fiscal year since 2008, except for the year ended December 31, 2014, we are also currently investing heavily in our future growth through the build out of multiple additional IBX data centers and IBX data center expansions as well as acquisitions of complementary businesses. As a result, we will incur higher depreciation and other operating expenses, as well as acquisition costs and interest expense, that may negatively impact our ability to sustain profitability in future periods unless and until these new IBX data centers generate enough revenue to exceed their operating costs and cover our additional overhead needed to scale our business for this anticipated growth. The current global financial uncertainty may also impact our ability to sustain profitability if we cannot generate sufficient revenue to offset the increased costs of our recently-opened IBX data centers or IBX data centers currently under construction. In addition, costs associated with the acquisition and integration of any acquired companies, as well as the additional interest expense associated with debt financing we have undertaken to fund our growth initiatives, may also negatively impact our ability to sustain profitability. Finally, given the competitive and evolving nature of the industry in which we operate, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis.

The failure to obtain favorable terms when we renew our IBX data center leases, or the failure to renew such leases, could harm our business and results of operations.

While we own certain of our IBX data centers, others are leased under long-term arrangements with lease terms expiring at various dates through 2053. These leased centers have all been subject to significant development by us in order to convert them from, in most cases, vacant buildings or warehouses into IBX data centers. Most of our IBX data center leases have renewal options available to us. However, many of these renewal options provide for the rent to be set at then-prevailing market rates. To the extent that then-prevailing market rates or negotiated rates are higher than present rates, these higher costs may adversely impact our business and results of operations, or we may decide against renewing the lease. In the event that an IBX data center lease does not have a renewal option, or we fail to exercise a renewal option in a timely fashion and lose our right to renew the lease, we may not be successful in negotiating a renewal of the lease with the landlord. A failure to renew a lease could force us to exit a building prematurely, which could be disruptive to our business, harm our customer relationships, expose us to liability under our customer contracts, cause us to take impairment charges and negatively affect our operating results.

We depend on a number of third parties to provide Internet connectivity to our IBX data centers; if connectivity is interrupted or terminated, our operating results and cash flow could be materially and adversely affected.

The presence of diverse telecommunications carriers’ fiber networks in our IBX data centers is critical to our ability to retain and attract new customers. We are not a telecommunications carrier, and as such, we rely on third parties to provide our customers with carrier services. We believe that the availability of carrier capacity will directly affect our ability to achieve our projected results. We rely primarily on revenue opportunities from the telecommunications carriers’ customers to encourage them to invest the capital and operating resources required to connect from their centers to our IBX data centers. Carriers will likely evaluate the revenue opportunity of an IBX data center based on the assumption that the environment will be highly competitive. We cannot provide assurance that each and every carrier will elect to offer its services within our IBX data centers or that once a carrier has decided to provide Internet connectivity to our IBX data centers that it will continue to do so for any period of time.

Our new IBX data centers require construction and operation of a sophisticated redundant fiber network. The construction required to connect multiple carrier facilities to our IBX data centers is complex and involves factors outside of our control, including regulatory processes and the availability of construction resources. Any hardware or fiber failures on this network may result in significant loss of connectivity to our new IBX data center expansions. This could affect our ability to attract new customers to these IBX data centers or retain existing customers.

If the establishment of highly diverse Internet connectivity to our IBX data centers does not occur, is materially delayed or is discontinued, or is subject to failure, our operating results and cash flow will be adversely affected.

We may be vulnerable to security breaches which could disrupt our operations and have a material adverse effect on our financial performance and operating results.

A party who is able to compromise the security measures on our networks or the security of our infrastructure could misappropriate either our proprietary information or the personal information of our customers, or cause interruptions or malfunctions in our operations or our customers’ operations. As we provide assurances to our customers that we provide a high level of security, such a compromise could be particularly harmful to our brand and reputation. We may be required to expend significant capital and resources to protect against such threats or to alleviate problems caused by breaches in security. As techniques used to breach security change frequently, and are generally not recognized until launched against a target, we may not be able to implement security measures in a timely manner or, if and when implemented, we may not be able to determine the extent to which these measures could be circumvented. Any breaches that may occur could expose us to increased risk of lawsuits, regulatory penalties, loss of existing or potential customers, harm to our reputation and increases in our security costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial performance and operating results.

We have government customers, which subjects us to risks including early termination, audits, investigations, sanctions and penalties.

We derive some revenues from contracts with the U.S. government, state and local governments and foreign governments. Some of these customers may terminate all or part of their contracts at any time, without cause.

There is increased pressure for governments and their agencies, both domestically and internationally, to reduce spending. Some of our federal government contracts are subject to the approval of appropriations being made by the U.S. Congress to fund the expenditures under these contracts. Similarly, some of our contracts at the state and local levels are subject to government funding authorizations.

Additionally, government contracts are generally subject to audits and investigations which could result in various civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including termination of contracts, refund of a portion of fees received, forfeiture of profits, suspension of payments, fines and suspensions or debarment from future government business.

Because we depend on the development and growth of a balanced customer base, including key magnet customers, failure to attract, grow and retain this base of customers could harm our business and operating results.

Our ability to maximize revenues depends on our ability to develop and grow a balanced customer base, consisting of a variety of companies, including enterprises, cloud, digital content and financial companies, and network service providers. We consider certain of these customers to be key magnets in that they draw in other customers. The more balanced the customer base within each IBX data center, the better we will be able to generate significant interconnection revenues, which in turn increases our overall revenues. Our ability to attract customers to our IBX data centers will depend on a variety of factors, including the presence of multiple carriers, the mix of our offerings, the overall mix of customers, the presence of key customers attracting business through vertical market ecosystems, the IBX data center’s operating reliability and security and our ability to effectively market our offerings. However, some of our customers may face competitive pressures and may ultimately not be successful or may be consolidated through merger or acquisition. If these customers do not continue to use our IBX data centers it may be disruptive to our business. Finally, the uncertain economic climate may harm our ability to attract and retain customers if customers slow spending, or delay decision-making, on our offerings, or if customers begin to have difficulty paying us and we experience increased churn in our customer base. Any of these factors may hinder the development, growth and retention of a balanced customer base and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be subject to securities class action and other litigation, which may harm our business and results of operations.

We may be subject to securities class action or other litigation. For example, securities class action litigation has often been brought against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. Litigation can be lengthy, expensive, and divert management’s attention and resources. Results cannot be predicted with certainty and an adverse outcome in litigation could result in monetary damages or injunctive relief that could seriously harm our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights.

We cannot make assurances that the steps taken by us to protect our intellectual property rights will be adequate to deter misappropriation of proprietary information or that we will be able to detect unauthorized use and take appropriate steps to enforce our intellectual property rights. We also are subject to the risk of litigation alleging infringement of third-party intellectual property rights. Any such claims could require us to spend significant sums in litigation, pay damages, develop non-infringing intellectual property, or acquire licenses to the intellectual property that is the subject of the alleged infringement.

Government regulation may adversely affect our business.

Various laws and governmental regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad, governing Internet related services, related communications services and information technologies remain largely unsettled, even in areas where there has been some legislative action. For example, the Federal Communications Commission recently adopted new network neutrality rules that may result in material changes in the regulations and contribution regime affecting us and our customers. Likewise, as part of a review of the current equity market structure, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) have both sought comments regarding the regulation of independent data centers, such as us, which provide colocation for financial markets and exchanges. The CFTC is also considering regulation of companies that use automated and high-frequency trading systems. Any such regulation may ultimately affect our provision of offerings.

It also may take years to determine whether and how existing laws, such as those governing intellectual property, privacy, libel, telecommunications services and taxation, apply to the Internet and to related offerings such as ours, and substantial resources may be required to comply with regulations or bring any non-compliant business practices into compliance with such regulations. In addition, the development of the market for online commerce and the displacement of traditional telephony service by the Internet and related communications services may prompt an increased call for more stringent consumer protection laws or other regulation both in the U.S. and abroad that may impose additional burdens on companies conducting business online and their service providers.

The adoption, or modification of laws or regulations relating to the Internet and our business, or interpretations of existing laws, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Industry consolidation may have a negative impact on our business model.

If customers combine businesses, they may require less colocation space, which could lead to churn in our customer base. Regional competitors may also consolidate to become a global competitor. Consolidation of our customers and/or our competitors may present a risk to our business model and have a negative impact on our revenues.

Terrorist activity throughout the world and military action to counter terrorism could adversely impact our business.

The continued threat of terrorist activity and other acts of war or hostility contribute to a climate of political and economic uncertainty. Due to existing or developing circumstances, we may need to incur additional costs in the future to provide enhanced security, including cybersecurity, which would have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. These circumstances may also adversely affect our ability to attract and retain customers, our ability to raise capital and the operation and maintenance of our IBX data centers.

We have various mechanisms in place that may discourage takeover attempts.

Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a third party from acquiring control of us in a merger, acquisition or similar transaction that a stockholder may consider favorable. Such provisions include:

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ownership limitations and transfer restrictions relating to our stock that are intended to facilitate our compliance with certain REIT rules relating to share ownership;

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authorization for the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock;

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the prohibition of cumulative voting in the election of directors;

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limits on the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders;

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limits on stockholder action by written consent; and

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advance notice requirements for nominations to the Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings.

In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which restricts certain business combinations with interested stockholders in certain situations, may also discourage, delay or prevent someone from acquiring or merging with us.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosure

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Other Information

None.

Item 6.

Exhibits


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

2.1	Rule 2.7 Announcement, dated as May 29, 2015. Recommended Cash and Share Offer for TelecityGroup plc by Equinix, Inc.	8-K	5/29/15	2.1

2.2	Cooperation Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2015, by and between Equinix, Inc. and Telecity Group plc.	8-K	5/29/15	2.2

3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended to date.	10-K/A	12/31/02	3.1

3.2	Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant	8-K	6/14/11	3.1

3.3	Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant	8-K	6/11/13	3.1

3.4	Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant	10-Q	6/30/14	3.4

3.5	Certificate of Designation of Series A and Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock.	10-K/A	12/31/02	3.3


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

3.6	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.	8-K	12/23/14	3.1

4.1	Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

4.2	Indenture dated June 12, 2009 by and between Equinix, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.	8-K	6/12/09	4.1

4.3	Form of 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Note Due 2016 (see Exhibit 4.2).

4.4	Indenture for the 2020 Notes dated March 5, 2013 by and between Equinix, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association as trustee	8-K	3/5/13	4.1

4.5	Form of 4.875% Senior Note due 2020 (see Exhibit 4.4)	8-K	3/5/13	4.2

4.6	Indenture for the 2023 Notes dated March 5, 2013 by and between Equinix, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association as trustee	8-K	3/5/13	4.3

4.7	Form of 5.375% Senior Note due 2023 (see Exhibit 4.6)	8-K	3/5/13	4.4

4.8	Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee	8-K	11/20/14	4.1

4.9	First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee	8-K	11/20/14	4.2

4.10	Form of 5.375% Senior Note due 2022 (see Exhibit 4.9)	8-K	11/20/14	4.3

4.11	Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee	8-K	11/20/14	4.4


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

4.12	Form of 5.750% Senior Note due 2025 (see Exhibit 4.11)	8-K	11/20/14	4.5

4.13	Form of Registrant’s Common Stock Certificate	10-K	12/31/14	4.13

10.1	Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its officers and directors.	S-4 (File No. 333-93749)	12/29/99	10.5

10.2	2000 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.	10-Q	3/31/12	10.2

10.3	2000 Director Option Plan, as amended.	10-K	12/31/07	10.4

10.4	2001 Supplemental Stock Plan, as amended.	10-K	12/31/07	10.5

10.5	Equinix, Inc. 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.5

10.6	Severance Agreement by and between Stephen Smith and Equinix, Inc. dated December 18, 2008.	10-K	12/31/08	10.31

10.7	Severance Agreement by and between Peter Van Camp and Equinix, Inc. dated December 10, 2008.	10-K	12/31/08	10.32

10.8	Severance Agreement by and between Keith Taylor and Equinix, Inc. dated December 19, 2008.	10-K	12/31/08	10.33

10.9	Severance Agreement by and between Peter Ferris and Equinix, Inc. dated December 17, 2008.	10-K	12/31/08	10.34

10.10	Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between Eric Schwartz and Equinix, Inc. dated December 19, 2008.	10-K	12/31/08	10.35


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

10.11	Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction dated as of June 9, 2009 between Equinix, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch.	8-K	6/12/09	10.1

10.12	Confirmation for Additional Capped Call Transaction dated as of June 9, 2009 between Equinix, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch.	8-K	6/12/09	10.2

10.13	Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction dated as of June 9, 2009 between Equinix, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.	8-K	6/12/09	10.4

10.14	Confirmation for Additional Capped Call Transaction dated as of June 9, 2009 between Equinix, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.	8-K	6/12/09	10.5

10.15	Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction dated as of June 9, 2009 between Equinix, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.	8-K	6/12/09	10.7

10.16	Confirmation for Additional Capped Call Transaction dated as of June 9, 2009 between Equinix, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co.	8-K	6/12/09	10.8

10.17	Switch & Data 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.	S-1/A (File No. 333-137607) filed by Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc.	2/5/07	10.9


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

10.18	Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between Charles Meyers and Equinix, Inc. dated September 30, 2010.	10-Q	9/30/10	10.42

10.19	Form of amendment to existing severance agreement between the Registrant and each of Messrs. Ferris, Meyers, Smith, Taylor and Van Camp.	10-K	12/31/10	10.33

10.20	Letter amendment, dated December 14, 2010, to Change in Control Severance Agreement, dated December 18, 2008, and letter agreement relating to expatriate benefits, dated April 22, 2008, as amended, by and between the Registrant and Eric Schwartz.	10-K	12/31/10	10.34

10.21	Offer Letter from Equinix, Inc. to Sara Baack dated July 31, 2012.	10-Q	3/31/13	10.42

10.22	Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Sara Baack under the Equinix, Inc. 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.	10-Q	3/31/13	10.43

10.23	Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between Sara Baack and Equinix, Inc. dated July 31, 2012.	10-Q	3/31/13	10.44

10.24	Form of Revenue/Adjusted EBITDA Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for CEO and CFO.	10-Q	3/31/13	10.46

10.25	Form of Revenue/Adjusted EBITDA Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for all other Section 16 officers.	10-Q	3/31/13	10.47

10.26	International Long-Term Assignment Letter by and between Equinix, Inc. and Eric Schwartz, dated May 21, 2013.	10-Q	6/30/13	10.51


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

10.27	Employment Agreement by and between Equinix (EMEA) B.V. and Eric Schwartz, dated as of August 7, 2013.	10-Q	9/30/13	10.54

10.28	Restricted Stock Unit Agreement dated August 14, 2013 for Charles Meyers under the Equinix, Inc. 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.	10-Q	9/30/13	10.55

10.29	Offer Letter from Equinix, Inc. to Karl Strohmeyer dated October 28, 2013.	10-Q	3/31/14	10.49

10.30	Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Karl Strohmeyer under the Equinix, Inc. 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.	10-Q	3/31/14	10.50

10.31	Change in Control Severance Agreement by and between Karl Strohmeyer and Equinix, Inc. dated December 2, 2013.	10-Q	3/31/14	10.51

10.32	2014 Form of Revenue/Adjusted EBITDA Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for CEO and CFO.	10-Q	3/31/14	10.52

10.33	2014 Form of Revenue/Adjusted EBITDA Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for all other Section 16 officers.	10-Q	3/31/14	10.53

10.34	2014 Form of TSR Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for CEO and CFO.	10-Q	3/31/14	10.54

10.35	2014 Form of TSR Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for all other Section 16 officers.	10-Q	3/31/14	10.55

10.36	Lease between Digital 1350 Duane, LLC and Equinix LLC, dated March 27, 2014.	10-Q	3/31/14	10.56


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

10.37	Amendment Agreement dated as of May 2, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., amending and restating the Master Terms and Conditions for Capped Call Transactions between Equinix, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. and amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.54

10.38	Amendment Agreement dated as of May 2, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, amending and restating the Master Terms and Conditions for Capped Call Transactions between Equinix, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.55

10.39	Amendment Agreement dated as of May 2, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch, amending and restating the Master Terms and Conditions for Capped Call Transactions between Equinix, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch and amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.56

10.40	Amendment Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.57


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

10.41	Amendment Agreement dated as of May 13, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.58

10.42	Amendment Agreement dated as of May 13, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch, amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.59

10.43	Amendment Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.6

10.44	Amendment Agreement dated as of June 6, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.61

10.45	Amendment Agreement dated as of June 6, 2014, between Equinix, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch, amending the Confirmation for Base Capped Call Transaction.	10-Q	6/30/14	10.62


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

10.46	Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Shares Among RW Brasil Fundo de Investimentos em Participação, Antônio Eduardo Zago De Carvalho and Sidney Victor da Costa Breyer, as Sellers, and Equinix Brasil Participaçãoes Ltda., as Purchaser, and Equinix South America Holdings LLC., as a Party for Limited Purposes and ALOG Soluções de Tecnologia em Informática S.A. as Intervening Consenting Party dated July 18, 2014	10-Q	9/30/14	10.67

10.47	Credit Agreement, by and among Equinix, Inc., as borrower, Equinix LLC and Switch & Data LLC as guarantors, the Lenders (defined therein), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, a Lender and L/C issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as co-syndication agents, Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and ING Bank N.V., Singapore Branch, as Co-Documentation Agents and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as joint lead arrangers and book runners, dated December 17, 2014.	10-K	12/31/14	10.48

10.48	Equinix, Inc. 2015 Incentive Plan.	10-Q	3/31/15	10.49

10.49	2015 Form of Revenue/AFFO Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for executives.	10-Q	3/31/15	10.50

10.50	2015 Form of TSR Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for executives.	10-Q	3/31/15	10.51


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

10.51	2015 Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for executives.	10-Q	3/31/15	10.52

10.52	First Amendment to Credit Agreement and first Amendment to Pledge and Security Agreement by and among Equinix, Inc., as borrower, the Guarantors (defined therein), the Lenders (defined therein) and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, dated April 30, 2015.				X

10.53	Bridge Credit Agreement dated as of May 28, 2015 among Equinix, Inc. as Borrower, Various Financial Institutions as Lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. JPMorgan Securities LLC as sole Arranger and Bookrunner.	10-Q	6/30/15	10.53

10.54	First Amendment to the Bridge Credit Agreement Dated as of May 28, 2015 as Amended on June 19, 2015 among Equinix, Inc., as Borrower, Various Financial Institutions as Lenders, and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent. JPMorgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, CityGroup Global Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and TD Securities (USA) LLC, ING Bank N.V., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD as Co-Managers	10-Q	6/30/15	10.54


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Filing Date/ Period End Date	Exhibit	Filed Herewith

10.55	Term Loan Agreement dated as of September 30, 2015 among QAON G.K. and certain other direct and indirect subsidiaries of Equinix, Inc., as Borrowers, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Arranger and Lender.				X

10.56	First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement dated September 30, 2015 as amended October 26, 2015 and executed by and between QAON G.K., and certain other direct and indirect subsidiaries of Equinix, Inc., as Borrowers, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. As Arranger Lender.				X

21.1	Subsidiaries of Equinix, Inc.				X

31.1	Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.				X

31.2	Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.				X

32.1	Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.				X

32.2	Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.				X

101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.				X

101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.				X

101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Document.				X

101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document.				X

101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Document.				X

101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Document.				X

EQUINIX, INC.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	EQUINIX, INC.

Date: October 30, 2015

	By:	/s/ KEITH D. TAYLOR
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Description of Document

10.52		First Amendment to Credit Agreement and first Amendment to Pledge and Security Agreement by and among Equinix, Inc., as borrower, the Guarantors (defined therein), the Lenders (defined therein) and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, dated April 30, 2015.

10.55		Term Loan Agreement dated as of September 30, 2015 among QAON G.K. and certain other direct and indirect subsidiaries of Equinix, Inc., as Borrowers, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as Arranger and Lender.

10.56		First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement dated September 30, 2015 as amended October 26, 2015 and executed by and between QAON G.K., and certain other direct and indirect subsidiaries of Equinix, Inc., as Borrowers, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. As Arranger Lender.

21.1		Subsidiaries of Equinix, Inc.

31.1		Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2		Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1		Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2		Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS		XBRL Instance Document.

101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Document.

101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document.

101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Document.

101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Document.