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