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Equinix Acquires GPX Global Systems Indian Operations

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Equinix Acquires GPX Global Systems Indian Operations

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GPX Global Systems, a provider of carrier-neutral Edge data center services in Africa and South Asia announces the sale of its Indian operations to Equinix. The transaction value is $161million and is expected to close in Q4 2020.

The company’s carrier-neutral edge data center business in India is of two-tier four data centers. The first datacenter opened in Mumbai is of 30,000 sqft facility, while the second datacenter opened lately in Mumbai would be a 60,000 sqft when completely built. Both the datacenters are interconnected with GPX’s Data Center Interconnect network. The company data center provides the largest internet ecosystem in India that includes 12 Telcos, four Internet Exchanges, 130+ ISPs, eight Cloud Service Providers, and all the leading global CDNs and content providers (OTTs) creating an unrivaled internet and cloud ecosystem.

Nick Tanzi, President & CEO, GPX Global Systems, states, "After seven years of building our business in India I could not think of any company better suited than

We look to offer customers within new markets we expand to the same unparalleled service and support which has made GPX the first choice for customers in both Egypt and India



Equinix to expand the platform GPX has created in India and help our customers continue to grow. Equinix and GPX share common business philosophies including a commitment to carrier neutrality, a passion for delivering the highest quality customer service in the market and fostering the growth and development of our employees. I would like to thank our customers for providing GPX the privilege of serving them over the last seven years, and also thank our employees for always putting our customers first and doing whatever was necessary to meet our customer's needs".

He further adds, "GPX Global Systems will now turn its attention to growing our business throughout Africa using our Egyptian business as the anchor for our expansion. We believe Africa represents a very similar opportunity which drove our investments in India, including rapidly increasing mobile usage, increased subsea fiber investments, and ever increasing growth in content consumption and data usage. We look to offer customers within new markets we expand to the same unparalleled service and support which has made GPX the first choice for customers in both Egypt and India".

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