Capacity, power and expansion Managed colocation has become inseparable from power strategy, especially in dense metro markets where available capacity is constrained. Equinix said in February 2026 that it delivered 23,250 retail cabinets and more than 90MW of xScale capacity in 2025, while also opening 16 projects in 14 metros globally. It also said it added approximately 1GW to its powered land-under-control balance through strategic land acquisitions in 2025.
Those numbers matter because managed colocation customers increasingly want assurances on future expansion, not just current occupancy. Equinix’ s model is designed to support that through a mix of retail cabinets and hyperscale-oriented xScale capacity, giving the company multiple ways to serve different workload requirements within the same ecosystem. For customers, the appeal is continuity: they can begin with a managed colocation
106 May 2026