10 Hyperscale Data Center Companies To Watch In 2021

Equinix

President, CEO: Charles Meyers

Equinix is the largest real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on data center and interconnection provider in the world.

The Redwood City, Calif.-based company has been expanding its data center footprint rapidly via M&A. Over the past six months, Equinix entered the Indian market with the $161 million acquisition of GPX India, while also completing the $780 million purchase of 12 Bell Canada data centers In Canada to expand its North American reach.

Thanks to its acquisition of bare-metal automation startup Packet last year, Equinix recently launched Equinix Metal, a fully automated and interconnected bare-metal service with an automated as-a-service deployment method. The company is also boosting its technology partnerships with the biggest cloud players in the world.