Equinix Reports First-Quarter 2025 Results

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --

• Quarterly revenues of $2.2 billion, an increase of 5% over the same quarter last year as-reported, or 8% on a normalized and constant currency basis, excluding the impact of power pass-through
• Sustained demand and improved sales execution resulted in gross and net bookings above our expectations for the quarter
• Strategy resonating with the marketplace, providing continued confidence in 2025 outlook

Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure company^®, today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

"We delivered a strong start to the year, exceeding our expectations for both bookings and financial performance," said Adaire Fox-Martin, CEO and President, Equinix. "Demand for our digital infrastructure and services remains robust. This, together with a healthy balance sheet and customer momentum across a full breadth of geographies, industries, segments, and products, reaffirms our confidence in our strategy and ability to create even greater value. As a result, we raised our guidance across our key financial metrics. I believe our focus on serving our customers even better and innovating the solutions and capacity they need to execute their AI, cloud, and digital strategies, will continue to unlock considerable value in the near and long-term."

First-Quarter 2025 Results Summary

• Revenues
  • $2.225 billion, a 5% increase over the same quarter of the previous year on an as-reported basis, or an 8% increase on a normalized and constant currency basis, excluding the impact of power pass-through
• Operating Income
  • $458 million, a 26% increase over the same quarter of the previous year, primarily due to strong underlying operating performance
• Net Income Attributable to Common Stockholders and Net Income per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders
  • $343 million, a 48% increase over the same quarter of the previous year, primarily due to higher underlying income from operations
  • $3.50 per share, a 44% increase over the same quarter of the previous year
• Adjusted EBITDA
  • $1.067 billion, adjusted EBITDA margin of 48%, an 8% increase over the same quarter of the previous year on an as-reported basis or a 9% increase on a normalized and constant currency basis, and above the top-end of our guidance range due to strong operating performance
• AFFO and AFFO per Share
  • $947 million, a 12% increase over the same quarter of the previous year on an as-reported basis and a 13% increase on a normalized and constant currency basis due to strong operating performance and favorable net interest expense
  • $9.67 per share, a 9% increase over the same quarter of the previous year on both an as-reported and a normalized and constant currency basis

2025 Annual Guidance Summary

Raising guidance across key financial metrics to reflect strong Q1 performance and expected benefit from shift in FX rates relative to the U.S. Dollar

• Revenues
  • Increase of $142 million to $9.175 - $9.275 billion, a 5 - 6% as-reported increase over the previous year or 7 - 8% on a normalized and constant currency basis, excluding the year-over-year impact of the power pass-through
• Adjusted EBITDA
  • Increase of $85 million to $4.471 - $4.551 billion, adjusted EBITDA margin of 49%, an approximate 210 basis-point expansion over the previous year
• AFFO and AFFO per Share
  • Increase of $69 million to $3.675 - $3.755 billion, a 9 - 12% as-reported and normalized and constant currency increase over the previous year
  • Increase of $0.67 to $37.36 - $38.17 per share, a 7 - 9% as-reported and normalized and constant currency increase over the previous year

GAAP and Non-GAAP Disclosure

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 is not reasonably able to provide forward-looking guidance for certain financial data, such as depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation, net income (loss) from operations, cash generated from operating activities and cash used in investing activities, 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.

All per-share results are presented on a fully diluted basis.

Business Highlights

• Equinix continues to cultivate and win significant opportunities on the back of strong demand for both AI and the broader set of workloads associated with cloud services.
  • To meet the growing demand for advanced accelerated infrastructure, NVIDIA unveiled NVIDIA Instant AI Factory in March, a managed service featuring the Blackwell Ultra-powered NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. Equinix will be the first to offer the new DGX GB300 and DGX B300 systems in its preconfigured liquid- or air-cooled AI-ready data centers located in 45 markets around the world. This builds on Equinix's strong partnership with NVIDIA and reinforces the companies' shared commitment to enabling next-gen AI computer power.
  • In March, Block announced it will be the first company in North America to deploy the NVIDIA DGX SuperPod with DGX GB200 systems. Its intent is to support research and training of open-source AI models with novel capabilities in unexplored areas. By deploying at Equinix, Block can leverage its unique ecosystems to ensure data privacy, flexibility and edge connectivity to thousands of partners.
  • Groq, the pioneer in AI inference, is rapidly scaling its high-performance infrastructure through Equinix. The company's ecosystems and wide global footprint will serve as a connectivity gateway to Groq's end customers and enable efficient enterprise AI workflows at scale.
• Equinix's leading global interconnection franchise performed well, with revenues increasing 7% year-over-year or 9% on a normalized and constant currency basis. In Q1, Equinix experienced strong adoption of Fabric Cloud Router, a virtual routing service that facilitates seamless connections across multiple clouds and on-premise deployments.
• Equinix continues to expand its global data center footprint to accommodate the demand for AI and cloud services. The company currently has 56 major projects underway in 33 metros across 24 countries, including 12 xScale^® projects.
  • The company added four new projects since last quarter across Frankfurt, Miami, Mumbai and Washington, D.C. Additionally, the company opened 10 major projects including capacity in Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Manchester, Salalah, Santiago and São Paulo.
  • More than 70% of Equinix's announced retail expansion spend is allocated to the large metros such as Dallas, London, Paris, Singapore and Washington, D.C., where the company has strong, established ecosystems and a robust sales pipeline.
  • Equinix continues to make strong progress across its xScale data center portfolio, with announced projects more than 85% leased and pre-leased. In Q1, the company opened its Frankfurt 10 build, which was 100% pre-leased and sees a robust funnel of additional xScale opportunities in the quarters ahead.
• Through its comprehensive Future First sustainability strategy, Equinix continues to deliver digital infrastructure that fosters positive change through secure, efficient and responsible solutions—bringing the world together on its platform to create innovations that will enrich our work, life and planet.
  • In March, Equinix announced its inaugural issuance of S$500 million in green bonds in the Singaporean market, making it the first U.S. corporation to access the Singaporean dollar market in over five years. The proceeds will support Equinix's ongoing commitment to sustainability and enhance the operational efficiency of its portfolio. With this latest issuance, Equinix has issued a total of approximately US$7.3 billion of green bonds globally.
  • In April, Equinix announced the signing of its first renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) in Japan, securing 30 MW of renewable electricity capacity scheduled to commence in 2028. This renewable energy investment advances Equinix's commitment to supporting the addition of new renewable energy sources in the local markets where it operates.
• Earlier this month, Equinix appointed Harmeen Mehta as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Innovation Officer (CDIO), further solidifying the company's leadership in digital infrastructure. With 28 years of experience in leading extensive digital transformations within the technology infrastructure sector, Mehta brings substantial expertise to drive the company's digital transformation and innovation strategy, leveraging emerging technologies to enhance customer experience, improve operational efficiency and foster innovative business models.

Business Outlook

For the second quarter of 2025, the company expects revenues to range between $2.244 and $2.264 billion, an increase of 1% at the mid-point over the previous quarter or flat on a normalized and constant currency basis, excluding the quarter-over-quarter impact of the power pass-through. This guidance includes a $37 million step-up from recurring revenues and a $38 million foreign currency benefit when compared to the average FX rates in Q1 2025, offset by $38 million of lower sequential non-recurring revenues related to completion of xScale fit-out activity in Q1 2025. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to range between $1.095 and $1.115 billion. This guidance includes a $23 million foreign currency benefit when compared to the average FX rates in Q1 2025. Recurring capital expenditures are expected to range between $49 and $69 million.

For the full year of 2025, total revenues are expected to range between $9.175 and $9.275 billion, an as-reported increase of approximately 5 - 6% over the previous year, or a normalized and constant currency increase of approximately 7 - 8%, excluding the year-over-year impact of the power pass-through. This $142 million increase from previously issued guidance is due to a $135 million foreign currency benefit when compared to the prior guidance rates and $7 million better-than-expected Q1 performance. Adjusted EBITDA is expected to range between $4.471 and $4.551 billion, an adjusted EBITDA margin of 49%, an approximate 210 basis-point expansion over the previous year. This $85 million increase from previously issued guidance is due to a $78 million foreign currency benefit when compared to prior guidance rates and $7 million of better-than-expected Q1 operating performance. AFFO is expected to range between $3.675 and $3.755 billion, an increase of 9 - 12% over the previous year on both an as-reported and a normalized and constant currency basis. This $69 million increase from previously issued guidance is due to a $52 million foreign currency benefit when compared to prior guidance rates and $17 million better-than-expected Q1 operating performance. AFFO per share is expected to range between $37.36 and $38.17, an increase of 7 - 9% over the previous year on both an as-reported and a normalized and constant currency basis. Total capital expenditures are expected to range between $3.426 and $3.676 billion. Non-recurring capital expenditures, including xScale-related capital expenditures, are expected to range between $3.168 and $3.398 billion, and recurring capital expenditures are expected to range between $258 and $278 million.

The U.S. dollar exchange rates used for 2025 guidance, taking into consideration the impact of our current foreign currency hedges, have been updated to $1.11 to the Euro, $1.28 to the British Pound, S$1.32 to the U.S. Dollar, ¥143 to the U.S. Dollar, A$1.58 to the U.S. Dollar, HK$7.76 to the U.S. Dollar, R$5.89 to the U.S. Dollar and C$1.40 to the U.S. Dollar. The Q1 2025 global revenue breakdown by currency for the Euro, British Pound, Singapore Dollar, Japanese Yen, Australian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, Brazilian Real and Canadian Dollar is 19%, 10%, 8%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2% and 2%, respectively.

The adjusted EBITDA guidance is based on the revenue guidance less our expectations of cash cost of revenues and cash operating expenses. The AFFO guidance is based on the adjusted EBITDA guidance less our expectations of net interest expense, an installation revenue adjustment, a straight-line rent expense adjustment, a contract cost adjustment, amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts and premiums, income tax expense, an income tax expense adjustment, recurring capital expenditures, other income or expense, adjustments for gain or loss on asset dispositions and adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures' and non-controlling interests' share of these items.

Q1 2025 Results Conference Call and Replay Information

Equinix will discuss its quarterly results for the period ended March 31, 2025, along with its future outlook, in its quarterly conference call on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 5:30 PM ET (2:30 PM 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 Monday, June 30, 2025, by dialing 1-203-369-3831 and referencing the passcode 2025. 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

• Equinix Investor Relations Resources

About Equinix

Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company^®. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Equinix provides all information required in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), but it believes that evaluating its ongoing operating results may be difficult if limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Accordingly, Equinix uses non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its operations.

Equinix provides normalized and constant currency growth rates, which are calculated to adjust for acquisitions, dispositions, integration costs, changes in accounting principles and foreign currency.

Equinix presents adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted EBITDA represents net income excluding income tax expense, interest income, interest expense, other income or expense, gain or loss on debt extinguishment, depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring charges, impairment charges, transaction costs and gain or loss on asset sales.

In presenting non-GAAP financial measures, such as adjusted EBITDA, cash cost of revenues, cash gross margins, cash operating expenses (also known as cash selling, general and administrative expenses or cash SG&A), adjusted EBITDA margins, free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow, Equinix excludes certain items that it believes are not good indicators of Equinix's current or future operating performance. These items are depreciation, amortization, accretion of asset retirement obligations and accrued restructuring charges, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, impairment charges, transaction costs and gain or loss on asset dispositions. Equinix excludes these items in order for its lenders, investors and the industry analysts who review and report on Equinix to better evaluate Equinix's operating performance and cash spending levels relative to its industry sector and competitors.

Equinix excludes depreciation expense, as these charges primarily relate to the initial construction costs of a data center and do not reflect its current or future cash spending levels to support its business. Its data centers are long-lived assets and have an economic life greater than 10 years. The construction costs of a data center do not recur with respect to such a data center, although Equinix may incur initial construction costs in future periods with respect to additional data centers, and future capital expenditures remain minor relative to the initial investment. This is a trend it expects to continue. In addition, depreciation is also based on the estimated useful lives of the data centers. These estimates could vary from actual performance of the asset, are based on historic costs incurred to build out our data centers and are not indicative of current or expected future capital expenditures. Therefore, Equinix excludes depreciation from its operating results when evaluating its operations.

In addition, in presenting the non-GAAP financial measures, Equinix also excludes amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets. Amortization expense is significantly affected by the timing and magnitude of acquisitions, and these charges may vary in amount from period to period. We exclude amortization expense to facilitate a more meaningful evaluation of our current operating performance and comparisons to our prior periods. Equinix excludes accretion expense, both as it relates to its asset retirement obligations as well as its accrued restructuring charges, as these expenses represent costs that Equinix also believes are not meaningful in evaluating Equinix's current operations. Equinix excludes stock-based compensation expense, as it can vary significantly from period to period based on share price and the timing, size and nature of equity awards. As such, Equinix and many investors and analysts exclude stock-based compensation expense to compare its operating results with those of other companies. Equinix also excludes restructuring charges. Such charges 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. Equinix also excludes impairment charges related to goodwill or long-lived assets. Equinix also excludes gain or loss on asset sales and other dispositions, as it represents profit or loss that is not meaningful in evaluating the current or future operating performance. Finally, Equinix excludes transaction costs from its non-GAAP financial measures to allow more comparable comparisons of the financial results to the historical operations. The transaction costs relate to costs Equinix incurs in connection with business combinations and formation of joint ventures, including advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees. Such charges generally are not relevant to assessing the long-term performance of Equinix. In addition, the frequency and amount of such charges vary significantly based on the size and timing of the transactions. Management believes items such as restructuring charges, impairment charges, transaction costs and gain or loss on asset sales and other dispositions are non-core transactions; however, these types of costs may occur in future periods.

Equinix also presents funds from operations ("FFO") and adjusted funds from operations ("AFFO"), both commonly used in the REIT industry, as supplemental performance measures. Additionally, Equinix presents AFFO per share, which is also commonly used in the REIT industry. AFFO per share offers investors and industry analysts a perspective of Equinix's underlying operating performance when compared to other REIT companies. FFO is calculated in accordance with the definition established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). FFO represents net income or loss, excluding gain or loss from the disposition of real estate assets, depreciation and amortization on real estate assets and adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures' and non-controlling interests' share of these items. AFFO represents FFO, excluding depreciation and amortization expense on non-real estate assets, accretion, stock-based compensation, stock-based charitable contributions, restructuring charges, impairment charges, transaction costs, an installation revenue adjustment, a straight-line rent expense adjustment, a contract cost adjustment, 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, recurring capital expenditures, net income or loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, and adjustments from FFO to AFFO for unconsolidated joint ventures' and non-controlling interests' share of these items. Equinix excludes depreciation expense, amortization expense, accretion, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, impairment charges, gain or loss on asset sales and other dispositions and transaction costs for the same reasons that they are excluded from the other non-GAAP financial measures mentioned above.

Equinix includes an adjustment for revenues from installation fees, since installation fees are deferred and recognized ratably over the period of contract term, although the fees are generally paid in a lump sum upon installation. Equinix includes an adjustment for straight-line rent expense on its operating leases, since the total minimum lease payments are recognized ratably over the lease term, although the lease payments generally increase over the lease term. Equinix also includes an adjustment to contract costs incurred to obtain contracts, since contract costs are capitalized and amortized over the estimated period of benefit on a straight-line basis, although costs of obtaining contracts are generally incurred and paid during the period of obtaining the contracts. The adjustments for installation revenues, straight-line rent expense and contract costs are intended to isolate the cash activity included within the straight-lined or amortized results in the consolidated statement of operations. Equinix excludes the amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts and premiums, as these expenses relate to the initial costs incurred in connection with its debt financings that have no current or future cash obligations. Equinix excludes gain or loss on debt extinguishment, since it represents a cost that is not a good indicator of Equinix's current or future operating performance. Equinix includes an income tax expense adjustment, which represents the non-cash tax impact due to changes in valuation allowances and uncertain tax positions that do not relate to the current period's operations. Equinix excludes recurring capital expenditures, which represent expenditures to extend the useful life of its IBX and xScale data centers or other assets that are required to support current revenues. Equinix also excludes net income or loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, which represents results that are not a good indicator of our current or future operating performance.

Equinix presents constant currency results of operations, which is a non-GAAP financial measure and is not meant to be considered in isolation or as an alternative to GAAP results of operations. However, Equinix has presented this non-GAAP financial measure to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate its operating results without the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, thereby facilitating period-to-period comparisons of Equinix's business performance. To present this information, Equinix's current and comparative period revenues and certain operating expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted into U.S. dollars at a consistent exchange rate for purposes of each result being compared.

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 and the reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Equinix presents such non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate its operating results in a manner that focuses on what management believes to be its core, ongoing business operations. Management believes that the inclusion of these non-GAAP financial measures provides consistency and comparability with past reports and provides a better understanding of the overall performance of the business and its ability to perform in subsequent periods. Equinix believes that if it did not provide such non-GAAP financial information, investors would not have all the necessary data to analyze Equinix effectively.

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 us to similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures of other companies. Equinix does not provide forward-looking guidance for certain financial data, such as depreciation, amortization, accretion, stock-based compensation, net income or loss from operations, cash generated from operating activities and cash used in investing activities, 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.

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 uncertain global economy; the current inflationary environment; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; stock price fluctuations; availability of power, increased costs to procure power and the general volatility in the global energy market; the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX and xScale data centers, including relating to any supply chain constraints or increased costs of supplies; the challenges of developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products and solutions; delays related to the closing of any planned acquisitions subject to closing conditions; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; risks related to our taxation as a REIT; risks related to regulatory inquiries or litigation; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent and upcoming Equinix quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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