BUILDING FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS ANNUAL REPORT FY2018 EQUINIX ANNUAL REPORT FY2018 REPORT ANNUAL EQ-AR-FY2018-Production-033119.indd 1 4/4/2019 1:02:53 PM 200 DATA CENTERS† 333,000+ INTERCONNECTIONS† 52 MARKETS† 9,800+ CUSTOMERS† 99.9999% RELIABILITY† Shareholder Dear Shareholders, Letter As I reflect on this past year, I am humbled and grateful to be at the helm of an incredible team of almost 8,000 dedicated Equinix employees around the globe in service to each other, to our customers and to our shareholders. In 2018, we celebrated our 20th anniversary, a great opportunity to reflect on and appreciate what we’ve built, and a perfect time to sharpen our vision of where we are headed next. Back in 1998, when Al Avery and Jay Adelson founded Equinix, they believed they not only had the opportunity but also the responsibility to create a company that would be the steward of some of the most important digital infrastructure assets in the world. Two decades later, we have expanded upon that vision to build Platform Equinix®, with unmatched scale and reach, spanning 200 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers across 52 markets in 24 countries. Inside our IBX facilities, our high-value ecosystems consist of nearly 10,000 participants, a veritable who’s who of the digital world, including approximately half of the Fortune 500 and one-third of the Global 2000. And these ecosystems thrive because Equinix has the most comprehensive global interconnection platform in the industry, with over 333,000 physical and virtual interconnections, more than four times any other provider. Our priority for the future of Platform Equinix is, and will remain, delivering exceptional, durable and quantifiable value to our customers. Revenues ($M)* Adjusted EBITDA & AFFO ($M)* CAGR = 20% $5,072 CAGR = 21% $2,413 $4,368 $2,052 $3,612 $1,657 $2,726 $1,272 $2,444 $4,777 $1,114 $4,120 $1,659 $3,417 $1,437 $2,569 $2,318 $1,078 $832 $762 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 Non-Recurring Revenues Adjusted EBITDA Recurring Revenues AFFO * Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO): • Compound annual growth rate for revenues and adjusted EBITDA from 2014 to 2018 • For definitions of these non-GAAP terms and a detailed reconciliation between the non-GAAP financial results and the corresponding GAAP measures, please refer to the Investor Relations section of our website at Equinix.com † Noted numbers are as of Q4 2018 International Business Exchange™ pictured on opposite page is Sydney 4 (SY4) In 2018, our differentiated business model drove strong growth and operating performance, while maintaining our #inserviceto mindset. In service to our customers, achieving over 99.9999% of operational reliability. In service to our shareholders, delivering our 64th consecutive quarter of Interconnection via top-line growth and eclipsing a key milestone of over $5 billion in revenue Equinix is the glue in the for the year. In service to the communities where we operate, volunteering middle that allows our over 16,000 hours to local causes, and sourcing clean and renewable ecosystem to properly energy across 90% of our global platform. And in service to each other by building on our exceptional culture and reinforcing our commitment to function.” make sure Equinix is a place where everyone can confidently say, “I’m Sysco safe, I belong and I matter.” Our compelling advantages continue to fuel our business model, and a rapidly expanding market opportunity gives us solid momentum as we look to 2019 and beyond. As we envision the possibilities for our next 20 years, it is clear that digital transformation is reshaping nearly every industry across the globe. Our customers and partners are thinking differently about how they interact with their customers and with every element of their supply chain. Digital transformation, and the infrastructure that fuels it, has emerged as a top priority for virtually all companies. The major tech trends, whether it be artificial intelligence, internet of things, big data or 5G, are all amplifying this digital tailwind. This makes digital the growth engine of the global economy, transcending the macro-economic volatility that we are seeing We wanted to reach in the market today. the most customers possible and open up new In the wake of this digital transformation wave, a clear architecture of opportunities for them choice has emerged for our customers. That architecture is global, highly and our business anywhere distributed, hybrid and multicloud. And for a variety of reasons, customers we wanted to go. Equinix are increasingly looking to locate this modernized architecture at Equinix, was the clear choice.” leveraging our platform to achieve performance, security, compliance, flexibility and total cost of ownership benefits that can only be supported Seaborn Networks by the physics of proximity and the economics of aggregation. Equinix is often the digital edge for our customers, and they are leveraging our global footprint as the nexus for their digital transformation agenda. In the fourth quarter alone, our bookings spanned across more than 3,000 customers, with a quarter of them buying across multiple metros and 60% of our recurring revenues now come from customers deployed across all three of our operating regions. We are continuing to innovate to differentiate our services and deliver greater value to customers. We rolled out interregional connectivity through Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric™ (ECX Fabric™) to enable customers to dynamically interconnect across Equinix’s global platform, regardless Equinix helps us to become of location and saw strong uptake on this new offering. We are further more digital. We’re the extending our leadership as the trusted center of a cloud-first world beneficiaries of all the through our hyperscale initiative, enabling us to capture strategic large services that are provided footprint deployments from select customers, while mitigating strain on our balance sheet by employing off-balance sheet structures to help fund in Equinix facilities and this opportunity. And lastly, we are taking steps to make Equinix a more through its exchanges.” powerful, easier-to-use, more accessible platform, focusing on a new TIAA generation of Edge Services that will help us support our customers’ growth, and both sustain and enhance our cabinet yields over the coming years. In closing, we believe that Equinix is uniquely positioned to help customers pursue their digital transformation agendas by leveraging our superior global reach, scaled digital ecosystems, the most comprehensive interconnection portfolio in the industry and our 20-year track record of service excellence. We remain focused on six priorities for this year, including expanding our go-to-market engine, evolving our portfolio of partners and products, and delivering on our hyperscale strategy, all while caring deeply for our people and culture, and remaining steadfast in our commitment to deliver against the revenue, margin expansion and AFFO per share targets laid out at our last Analyst Day in 2018. As we look forward, I am immensely grateful to have been a part of the Equinix story thus far, and I am as energized and optimistic as ever about the opportunity in front of us. Thank you for joining us on this amazing journey. We look forward to updating you on our progress! Charles Meyers President and Chief Executive Officer Equinix, Inc. Peter Van Camp Executive Chairman Equinix, Inc. Keith Taylor Chief Financial Officer Equinix, Inc. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ፤ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 OR អ 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. 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