Equinix, Inc. Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Q2 revenue reached $2.26 billion, up 5% year-over-year, driven by 7% recurring revenue growth.
  • Adjusted EBITDA reached $1.13 billion, achieving a 50% margin for the first time in company history.
  • AFFO was $972 million, up 11% year-over-year; AFFO per share grew 8% year-over-year.
  • Annualized gross bookings hit $345 million, a metric introduced at Analyst Day.
  • Interconnection revenue surpassed $400 million for the first time, up 8% year-over-year, with 6,200 net interconnection additions.
  • MRR churn was 2.6%, above the target range due to a bankruptcy; underlying churn would have been 2.4%.

Strategic and Operational Highlights

  • Equinix closed 4,100 deals across 3,300+ customers with broad-based demand across geographies and sectors.
  • Strong Q3 momentum: over 40% of expected bookings already closed at the start of the quarter.
  • Major data center expansion: 59 projects underway globally (incl. 12 xScale), plus new builds in Chicago, Dallas, London, Silicon Valley, and Thailand.
  • Acquisition of 3 data centers in Manila completed to expand Southeast Asia footprint.
  • xScale assets are 85% leased or preleased; meaningful revenue step-up expected in Q4 2025.
  • Fabric adoption continues to rise with over 4,000 customers and provisioned capacity exceeding 100 Tbps.

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Operator: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Equinix Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Also today's conference is being recorded. If anyone has any objections, please disconnect at this time. I'd now like to turn the call over to Mr. Chip Newcom, Senior Director of Investor Relations. You may begin. Chip Newcom: Good afternoon, and welcome to today's conference call. Before we get started, I would like to remind everyone that some of the statements that we will be making today are forward-looking in nature and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly from those statements and may be affected by the risks we've identified in today's press release as well as those identified in our filings with the SEC, including our most recent Form 10-K filed February 12, 2025, and our most recent Form 10-Q. Equinix assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or comment on forward-looking statements made on this call. In addition, in light of Regulation Fair Disclosure, it is Equinix's policy not to comment on its financial guidance during the quarter unless it's done through an explicit public disclosure. On today's conference call, we will provide non-GAAP measures. We provide a reconciliation of those measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures and a list of the reasons why the company uses these measures in today's press release on the Equinix Investor Relations page at www.equinix.com. We've made available on

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