Redwood City, California - Equinix has announced that ALOG Data Centers of Brazil, a Platform Equinix Company, plans to build a new International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Rio de Janeiro. Targeted to open in the first quarter of 2013, the first phase is expected to cost $20 million in expansion capital and will have space for 320 cabinets with a total capacity of 1,170 cabinets once all future phases are completed.

Equinix also announced ALOG will begin construction on phase two of its SP2 data center in São Paulo, which is expected to be available in early 2013. SP2 phase two will have space for an additional 350 cabinets and is expected to cost $14 million in expansion capital.

Equinix and Riverwood Capital completed the acquisition of ALOG in April 2011, and Equinix holds the controlling interest and sits on the board of directors of ALOG. With its investment in ALOG, Equinix offers colocation, interconnection and managed hosting services from its three existing Brazil-based IBX data centers in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The new IBX, RJ2, will be ALOG's second facility in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.

"As the seventh largest economy in the world, Brazil is experiencing continued economic and infrastructure expansion, making it an attractive country for multi-national investment," said Charles Meyers, president of the Americas for Equinix. "With the expansions in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, we are in a strong position to support increasing demand for Platform Equinix from key global customers looking to expand in the region."