Equinix, Inc. has extended Platform Equinix into the strategic Indian market, following the completion of the acquisition of the Indian operations of GPX Global Systems, Inc. The US$161 million all-cash transaction includes a fiber-connected campus in Mumbai with two data centers.

The portfolio consists of a high-availability, carrier-neutral edge data center business in India, featuring 2 Tier 4 data centers. GPX Mumbai1 is a 30,000 sq/ft data center, and the recently opened Mumbai2 data center will be a 60,000 sq/ft facility when fully built. The two facilities are interconnected with GPX's Data Center Interconnect network. GPX's datacenters host the largest internet ecosystem in India including 12 Telcos, 130+ ISPs, 4 Internet Exchanges, 8 Cloud Service Providers, plus all of the leading global CDNs and content providers (OTTs) creating an unrivaled internet and cloud ecosystem.

KPMG India acted as the exclusive financial advisor and provided end-to-end advisory support and Kanga & Company acted as the exclusive legal advisor to GPX Global Systems, Inc.