8-K

UNITED

STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 20, 2024

EQUINIX, INC.

(ExactName of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Securities

registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 25, 2024, Equinix, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors has commenced an independent investigation to review the matters referenced in a recent short seller report. Shortly after the release of the report, the Company received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

DATE:

March 25, 2024

Exhibit 99.1

Equinix Files8-K Notification and Comments on Recent Events

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – March 25, 2024 – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure company^®^, today filed an 8-K and announced that the Audit Committee of the company’s Board of Directors has commenced an independent investigation to review the matters referenced in a recent short seller report. Shortly after the release of the report, the company received a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Receipt of these types of inquiries is not unusual in these circumstances, and Equinix intends to fully cooperate in this matter. The company does not expect to comment further on such matters until appropriate to do so.

In a statement, the company said, “We take seriously our obligations of transparency and accuracy in our financial reporting. We believe we have earned the trust of our investors - and all our stakeholders - by reliably delivering on our commitments with integrity and meeting the requirements of our customers, as we have demonstrated throughout our 25-year history.”

The company added, “We remain confident that our distinctive advantages create significant long-term opportunity for Equinix and continue to see our differentiated value proposition as highly relevant to our more than 10,000 customers as they pursue their digital transformation agendas and deploy distributed, hybrid and multicloud infrastructure as the preferred architecture of choice.”

AboutEquinix

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.

Forward-LookingStatements

Thispress release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectationsdiscussed in such forward-looking statements.  In addition, see recent and upcoming Equinix periodic, quarterly, and annual reportsfiled with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume anyobligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.