The community
Six places. One thread.
A data center is part of the community around it. Look around the model, then click a building to step inside.
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Our connected impact
Infrastructure forhuman possibility.
Explore a community connected by Equinix, and the care, discovery and opportunity that digital infrastructure helps make possible.
The community
Follow the thread.
Six places, one data center. Turn the model, click a building to step inside, or let the tour play.
Each story refers to its named location.
- 3.5M+people connected by Foundation partners in 2025
- 54,400+employee volunteer hours in 2025
- 5data centers exporting heat
Equinix is not a visitor in these places. We are part of the communities we serve: the clinics and labs that rely on our connections, the schools we open our doors to, the neighbours who share our heat.
Stories
Five chapters of what connection makes possible.
Care that connects.
A radiologist opens a patient’s scan. Somewhere, a family is waiting for what it shows.
Discovery that advances.
In Sydney, researchers compare one child’s cancer with cases studied on the other side of the world.
Opportunity that grows.
A student walks into a data center for the first time and asks how it all works.
Community in connection.
In Minooka, Illinois, a public bike path runs along the data center site, and land is being donated for a future fire station.
Resources used thoughtfully.
Early swimmers in Saint-Denis are in water warmed, in part, by heat that once left a data center unused.
Medical images, ready when the care team needs them
3verest 21 regions worldwide, with the U.K. NHS among its users
Under 1 secondto retrieve a medical imageReported by 3verest for its own platform, compared with general public clouds. Specific to this customer example.
Comparing notes across the world for every child with cancer
Children's Cancer Institute Sydney, Australia, with collaborators in Philadelphia, Memphis and Heidelberg
From a school tour to a technician’s badge
Equinix employees and the Equinix Foundation Now scaling to every Equinix location
Nearly 2,000students reached in the two-year pilotTwo-year pilot in select communities across the Americas and Asia-Pacific, as reported in the 2025 Sustainability Report and Equinix blog.
A neighbour that plans to stay for decades
Equinix with local governments, utilities and community leaders Minooka, Illinois; San Jose, California; and U.S. communities where Equinix operates
$95M+with small and inclusive U.S. businessesU.S. inclusive procurement with certified and qualified businesses in calendar year 2025, as reported in Equinix’s U.S. Community Principles.
Warm water for a neighbourhood pool in Saint-Denis
Equinix PA10 with the local heat network operator Saint-Denis, Paris, France
1,000+homes expected to be warmedExpected reach of PA10 heat export, as stated by Equinix in April 2025. Specific to this site.
In numbers
What connection adds up to.
- 3.5M+ people connected to the internet by Equinix Foundation partners Nonprofit portfolio, 2025. Source: Equinix commits additional $50 million to the Equinix Foundation (opens in a new tab)
- 54,400+ hours volunteered by Equinix employees All employees, 2025. Source: 2025 Sustainability Report (opens in a new tab)
- $95M+ spent with small and inclusive U.S. businesses U.S. inclusive procurement, 2025. Source: Our U.S. community principles (opens in a new tab)
- 5 data centers exporting heat to their communities As of 2025. Source: 2025 Sustainability Report (opens in a new tab)
Part of the community
Five promises to the places we call home.
Sixteen years of what a data center gives back, from the first homes warmed by one to the five promises we report against. Step in and let the spine carry you.
A ride through sourced milestones.
- Public infrastructure investment Invest in roads, paths and public services around our sites, and fund the power and water infrastructure our sites need.
- Power responsibility Pay our full share of grid costs so our demand does not raise residents’ bills.
- Jobs and skills development Create quality jobs and educational pathways for tomorrow’s workforce.
- Natural resource protection Use water and land carefully and report transparently.
- Bridge the digital divide Expand access to connectivity, skills and careers.
From the Equinix U.S. Community Principles. Source (opens in a new tab)
The people behind the connections
Our people are part of the story.
Move your pointer across the group, or wait and they will take turns.
“Data centers are the heartbeat of our digital world, but it’s people who keep that pulse healthy and strong.”
Training and resources
Carry the story with confidence.
Practise with the coach
Four short scenarios, each tied to a story on this page. The coach plays the other person, then steps out and gives feedback against the five promises and the sourced figures.
A conversational voice agent (ElevenLabs) that knows only this page's stories, promises and sourced figures. Choose who it plays, talk or type, then ask for feedback. Conversations are recorded by ElevenLabs for review.
Downloads
The library is being assembled. One link is live; the rest are placeholders until each asset is approved.
Five items1 live, 4 in preparation
- ReportEquinix Sustainability ReportLive
- DeckCommunity impact story deckPlaceholder
- One-pagerFive promises, one pagePlaceholder
- StoriesImpact stories, first and second batchPlaceholder
- ImagesApproved photography and the community modelPlaceholder
Engage
The conversation lives in our Viva Engage community: add the stories you see in your region, and help partners carry the message.
Open the Engage pageExplore and carry it forward
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11 stories
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Medical images, ready when the care team needs them
3verest
3verest runs sovereign healthcare clouds from Equinix facilities so radiologists can retrieve medical images in under a second while patient data stays within its jurisdiction.
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Faster AI development for earlier detection
Harrison.ai
Harrison.ai develops AI that helps clinicians read chest X-rays, building its models on NVIDIA infrastructure hosted in an Equinix data center.
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Comparing notes across the world for every child with cancer
Children's Cancer Institute
Children's Cancer Institute in Sydney uses Equinix Fabric to connect its precision medicine data directly with cloud providers and research collaborators overseas.
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From a school tour to a technician’s badge
Equinix employees and the Equinix Foundation
Pathways to Tech opens Equinix data centers to students aged 14 to 18 through classroom talks, facility tours and education days led by employee volunteers.
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An industry-wide answer to the technician shortage
Equinix Foundation with Generation and coalition partners
The Equinix Foundation and Generation launched the Global Data Center Technician Training Coalition, starting in Brazil with co-funding from ODATA, Cisco and Vertiv.
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A neighbour that plans to stay for decades
Equinix with local governments, utilities and community leaders
Equinix’s U.S. Community Principles set out what neighbours can expect: paying our full share of grid costs, investing in public infrastructure, local jobs and skills, careful use of resources and digital inclusion.
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Bringing more people online, and helping them thrive there
Equinix Foundation and its nonprofit partners
The Equinix Foundation funds nonprofits that expand connectivity, digital skills and workforce readiness, chosen with input from local Equinix employees.
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Colleagues giving time where they live
Equinix employees
Through WeGive, WeSkill and Matching Gifts, Equinix employees support local organisations with their time, expertise and giving, choosing the causes themselves.
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Warm water for a neighbourhood pool in Saint-Denis
Equinix PA10 with the local heat network operator
Equinix PA10 in Saint-Denis, Paris, recovers heat from customer servers for the local heat network that supplies the Olympic Aquatics Centre and homes nearby.
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Heat for homes, offices and two community pools in Markham
Equinix TR5 with Markham District Energy
Equinix TR5 exports residual heat to Markham District Energy, the city-owned utility that warms buildings, condo hot water and two community centre pools.
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Running facilities more efficiently, year after year
Equinix
Equinix reports its 2025 performance, an average annual PUE of 1.37 and 96% renewable energy coverage across retail IBX data centers, and has dated commitments for what comes next.
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