you have to remember that when equinix was started

there really, wasn't anything like us

there were no fancy data centers yet

there were no real, even e-commerce sites

of the size that we talked about today

there were problems with congestion

or wasn't commercialized and

for those of us who cared

we knew that, a company like Equinix

would need to exist. Somebody would have to be

the steward of all this infrastructure

even when we were just starting out

we knew something that the people creating

the internet didn't know, and that was

that digital business could never really take off

without a global platform for interconnection

in the beginning, we brought together

the networks that created the internet

today, we directly connect companies with the employees

customers and partners, they need to succeed

anywhere in the world. You simply

cannot compete as a digital business today

without the enterprise strengthen interconnection

we deliver in our datacenters

in just under two decades

we've expanded all over the world

we've attracted thousands of the world's

leading businesses to our data centers

market leaders like Amazon and Microsoft

the're with us, and if you want to connect to them

or connect to a new partner or customer

likely the're with us too

We are not done. We're going to keep expanding

because the worldwide need for interconnection

is growing. Interconnexion is

driving the digital economy. There's a

reason the world's most recognized brands

rely on us, to help them succeed

and that's our unmatched interconnexion

leadership. Whether a customer is

building a history-making product

blazing an industry-first business model

or pioneering a new way to collaborate globally

nobody else, has the global reach

the rich ecosystems and the

awesome service excellence today's

enterprises need to compete and win like

equinix does. Nobody.

it's more than the digital technology 
connections that our customers

need to do business. We invest deeply

in making personal connections

between customers and partners and that

helps accelerate their businesses

and those types of connections are just

as essential. When we bring people together

ideas happen, innovation happens

that might not happen otherwise and that

is incredibly powerful.

An important part of our growth and success

throughout our journey and in my opinion

the secret ingredient, is our talented

and dedicated people. Around the world

our employees create and live our

amazing culture every day. We are proud

of the magic of Equinix and we

believe it is at the core of our endurance

success. We work hard, we have fun

together, we make a difference

in our communities and we value team spirit

Equinix is an amazing story

inside and out.

What we're doing collectively in our industry

is extremely important. Yet I'm convinced

Equinix will be remembered in the

history books for our people, our

performance and how we

interconnected the world