Equinix Reports Third-Quarter Results and Raises 2026 Guidance
- Delivered record annualized gross bookings of $533 million, up 35% year over year, on robust demand and strengthening pricing
- Grew monthly recurring revenue by double digits year over year for the fourth consecutive quarter, reflecting the company's central role in serving traditional and AI workloads
- Achieved 10% year over year interconnection revenue growth on both an as-reported and a normalized and constant currency basis, with Fabric revenue up 24% year over year on both an as-reported and a normalized and constant currency basis
- Accelerated new capacity delivery, with nearly 40% more cabinets planned for delivery in 2026 than initially anticipated
- Raised full-year 2026 guidance for the third consecutive quarter based on strong operating and financial performance
EmitenTrust.com - REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure company
"Our Q3 results and raised full-year guidance reflect the differentiated position and growing importance of Equinix," said Adaire Fox-Martin, CEO and President, Equinix. "We delivered double-digit growth across the key metrics that drive long-term value creation, including interconnection and monthly recurring revenue, and we accelerated capacity to meet broad-based demand. We also unveiled Equinix Fabric One and Equinix Inference Exchange to enable enterprise customers to run, connect, and orchestrate their most critical workloads. Our diverse customer base, expanding ecosystem, and balance sheet strength position us well for sustained, profitable growth and shareholder value."
Third-Quarter 2026 Results Summary
- Revenues
- $2.571 billion, an 11% increase over the same quarter of the previous year on an as-reported basis and a 12% increase on a normalized and constant currency basis driven by strong underlying performance
- Operating Income
- $600 million, a 27% increase over the same quarter of the previous year, primarily from strong underlying operating performance
- Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders and Net Income per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders
- $489 million, a 31% increase over the same quarter of the previous year, primarily from higher operating income and a non-recurring fee earned in connection with our investment in the atNorth joint venture
- $4.93 per share, a 29% increase over the same quarter of the previous year
- Adjusted EBITDA
- $1.321 billion, a 15% increase over the same quarter of the previous year on an as-reported basis, or a 14% increase on a normalized and constant currency basis
- AFFO and AFFO per Share
- $1.156 billion, a 20% increase over the same quarter of the previous year on an as-reported basis, or a 14% increase on a normalized and constant currency basis excluding the benefit of the atNorth joint venture fee
- $11.64 per share, an 18% increase over the same quarter of the previous year on an as-reported basis, or a 12% increase on a normalized and constant currency basis excluding the benefit of the atNorth joint venture fee
Equinix uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, which are described further below and reconciled to the most comparable GAAP financial measures after the presentation of our GAAP financial statements.
Equinix does not provide forward-looking guidance for certain financial data, such as depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation and other components of net income or loss from operations, and as a result, is not able to provide a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures for forward-looking data without unreasonable effort. The impact of such adjustments could be significant. Equinix intends to calculate the various non-GAAP financial measures in future periods consistent with how they were calculated for the periods presented within this press release.
All per-share results are presented on a fully diluted basis.
2026 Guidance Summary
For the fourth quarter of 2026, the company expects revenues to range between $2.684 and $2.724 billion, an increase of 11 - 13% over the previous year on an as-reported basis, or 12 - 13% on a normalized and constant currency basis. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to range between $1.328 and $1.368 billion, reflecting an adjusted EBITDA margin of 49 - 50%.
For the full year of 2026, total revenues are expected to range between $10.325 and $10.365 billion, an increase of approximately 12% over the previous year on both an as-reported and a normalized and constant currency basis. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to range between $5.290 and $5.330 billion, reflecting an adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 51%, an approximate 200 basis points expansion over the previous year. AFFO is expected to range between $4.340 and $4.380 billion. AFFO per share is expected to range between $43.71 and $44.11, an increase of 14 - 15% over the previous year on an as-reported basis, or 11 - 12% on a normalized and constant currency basis. Total capital expenditures are expected to range between $5 and $6 billion.
Q3 2026 Business Highlights
- Delivered record annualized gross bookings of $533 million.
- Added 6,900 net interconnections.
- Introduced Fabric One, an any-to-any connectivity service designed to simplify how enterprises connect distributed cloud, network and AI environments, with AWS and Google Cloud serving as lead integration partners.
- Announced Equinix Inference Exchange, in collaboration with NVIDIA and Together AI, to help enterprises deploy and scale AI inferencing workloads globally through high-performance, interconnected infrastructure.
- Launched Equinix Enhanced Performance Innovation Centers (EPIC), a global network of production-ready liquid cooling environments that enables customers to test, validate and deploy high-density AI infrastructure alongside Equinix experts and leading technology partners.
- Completed the investment in atNorth alongside CPP Investments, strengthening Equinix's position in the fast-growing Nordic market and expanding its footprint across AI-ready, high-density data center infrastructure powered by renewable energy.
- Advanced Equinix's leadership on responsible infrastructure growth in Texas, supporting state standards on grid costs, water stewardship, community impact, and transparency while reinforcing more than $1.6 billion in long-term investment across the state.
- Established a first-of-its-kind partnership in Georgia that protects ratepayers by having Equinix fund all grid infrastructure costs associated with its Hampton data center project through a 20-year commitment.
Q3 2026 Results Conference Call and Replay Information
Equinix will discuss its quarterly results for the period ended September 30, 2026, along with its future outlook, in its quarterly conference call on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. PT). A simultaneous live webcast of the call will be available on the company's Investor Relations website at www.equinix.com/investors. To hear the conference call live, please dial 1-517-308-9482 (domestic and international) and reference the passcode EQIX.
A replay of the call will be available one hour after the call through Thursday, December 31, 2026, by dialing 1-800-814-6745 and referencing the passcode 2026. In addition, the webcast will be available at www.equinix.com/investors (no password required).
Investor Presentation and Supplemental Financial Information
Equinix has made available on its website a presentation designed to accompany the discussion of Equinix's results and future outlook, along with certain supplemental financial information and other data. Interested parties may access this information through the Equinix Investor Relations website at www.equinix.com/investors.
Additional Resources
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) shortens the path to boundless connectivity anywhere in the world. Its digital infrastructure, data center footprint and interconnected ecosystems empower innovations that enhance our work, life and planet. Equinix connects economies, countries, organizations and communities, delivering seamless digital experiences and cutting-edge AI—quickly, efficiently and everywhere.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Equinix provides all information required in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), but it believes that evaluating its ongoing results of operations may be difficult if limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Accordingly, Equinix also uses non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its operations.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation, but should be considered together with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. As such, Equinix provides a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
Investors should note that the non-GAAP financial measures used by Equinix may not be the same non-GAAP financial measures, and may not be calculated in the same manner, as those of other companies. Investors should therefore exercise caution when comparing non-GAAP financial measures used by Equinix to similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures of other companies.
Equinix's primary non-GAAP financial measures include Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Funds from Operations ("AFFO") as described below. Equinix presents these measures to provide investors with additional tools to evaluate its results in a manner that focuses on what management believes to be its core, ongoing business operations. These measures exclude items which Equinix believes are generally not relevant to assessing its long-term performance. Both measures eliminate the impacts of depreciation and amortization, which are derived from historical costs and which Equinix believes are not indicative of current or future expenditures, and other items for which the frequency and amount of charges can vary based on the timing and significance of individual transactions. Equinix believes that presenting these non-GAAP financial measures provides consistency and comparability with past reports and that if it did not provide such non-GAAP financial information, investors would not have all the necessary data to analyze the company effectively.
Adjusted EBITDA is used by management to evaluate the operating strength and performance of its core, ongoing business, without regard to its capital or tax structures. It also aids in assessing the performance of, making operating decisions for, and allocating resources to its operating segments. In addition to the uses described above, Equinix believes this measure provides investors with a better understanding of the operating performance of the business and its ability to perform in subsequent periods.
Equinix defines adjusted EBITDA as net income excluding:
- income tax expense
- interest income
- interest expense
- other income or expense
- gain or loss on debt extinguishment
- depreciation, amortization and accretion expense
- stock-based compensation expense
- restructuring and other exit charges, which primarily include employee severance, facility closure costs, lease or other contract termination costs and advisory fees related to the realignment of our management structure, operations or products and other exit activities
- impairment charges
- transaction costs
- gain or loss on asset sales
AFFO is derived from Funds from Operations ("FFO") calculated in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Both FFO and AFFO are non-GAAP measures commonly used in the REIT industry. Although these measures may not be directly comparable to similar measures used by other companies, Equinix believes that the presentation of these measures provides investors with an additional tool for comparing its performance with the performance of other companies in the REIT industry. Additionally, AFFO is a performance measure used in certain of the company's employee incentive programs, and Equinix believes it is a useful measure in assessing its dividend-paying capacity, as it isolates the cash impact of certain income and expense items and considers the impact of recurring capital expenditures.
Equinix defines FFO as net income attributable to common stockholders excluding:
- gain or loss from the disposition of real estate assets
- depreciation and amortization expense on real estate assets
- adjustments related to unconsolidated joint ventures and non-controlling interests
Equinix defines AFFO as FFO adjusted for:
- depreciation and amortization expense on non-real estate assets
- accretion expense
- stock-based compensation expense
- stock-based charitable contributions
- restructuring and other exit charges, as described above
- impairment charges
- transaction costs
- impacts of straight-lining installation revenue
- impacts of straight-lining rent expense
- impacts of straight-lining contract costs
- amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts and premiums
- gain or loss from the disposition of non-real estate assets
- gain or loss on debt extinguishment
- an income tax expense adjustment, which represents the non-cash tax impact due to changes in valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions and deferred taxes
- recurring capital expenditures, which represent expenditures to extend the useful life of data centers or other assets that are required to support current revenues
- net income or loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
- adjustments from FFO to AFFO related to unconsolidated joint ventures and non-controlling interests
Equinix provides normalized and constant currency growth rates for revenues, adjusted EBITDA, AFFO and AFFO per share. These growth rates assume foreign currency rates remain consistent across comparative periods. Revenue growth rates exclude the impact of net power pass-through, acquisitions, divestitures and the Equinix Metal
Equinix presents cash cost of revenues and cash operating expenses (also known as cash selling, general and administrative expenses or cash SG&A). These measures exclude depreciation, amortization, accretion and stock-based compensation, which are not good indicators of Equinix's current or future operating performance, as described above.
Equinix also presents free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities plus net cash provided by (used in) investing activities excluding the net purchases of and distributions from equity investments. Adjusted free cash flow is defined as free cash flow excluding any real estate and business acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired. These measures are presented in order for lenders, investors and the industry analysts who review and report on Equinix to better evaluate Equinix's cash spending levels relative to its industry sector and competitors.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, risks to our business and operating results related to the current inflationary environment; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; stock price fluctuations; increased costs to procure power and the general volatility in the global energy market; the challenges of building and operating IBX
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