Company overview
- Sector
- Technology, Software & IT Services
- Sub-sector
- Information Technology & Services
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Redwood City, California, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $9,300,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 10,340
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Mumbai
- Chennai
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- 6sense
- AC500 PLC
- ACL
- AI
- AMP
- ANGEL LMS
- AVEVA PDMS
- AVRO
- AWS Analytics
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Direct Connect
- AWS Glue Data Catalog
- AWS Multi-Factor Authentication
- AWS Outposts
Public leadership
Manoj Paul
Managing Director - India
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) is a US-based global digital infrastructure company headquartered in Redwood City, California, founded in 1998. It converted to a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in January 2015. Equinix operates 260+ International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers across 33+ countries. It employed roughly 13,000 people globally as of December 2023, and conducted layoffs of ~400 employees (3% of workforce) in late 2024. Note: Equinix's core business is physical data-center/colocation real estate, not traditional offshore IT/BPO services - its India unit functions largely as an in-market business and infrastructure operation rather than a classic captive shared-services center.
- India launch
- 2020
- Maturity
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC
Equinix India is atypical as a 'GCC': it is a full in-market business and infrastructure unit that owns/operates physical real estate (5 IBX data centers across Mumbai and Chennai, $365M+ cumulative capital investment), delivers Equinix's core global product directly to Indian enterprise customers, and combines facilities engineering, commercial/sales, sustainability, and technical operations under a single India Managing Director.
Location rationale
Mumbai is India's largest interconnection and colocation cluster and the country's financial/digital gateway, with a dense concentration of cloud providers, content delivery networks, telecom carriers and financial institutions. Chennai was added to diversify beyond Mumbai: it sits in Tamil Nadu's IT corridor near anticipated international submarine cable landing sites, supports high-density AI workloads, and gives South Indian enterprises low-latency access to major cloud on-ramps.
Timeline
- 2020-08
Equinix enters the India market by acquiring GPX India, gaining a Mumbai campus with two data centers (later designated MB1/MB2).
- 2024-01-08
Equinix launches Bare Metal as a Service and Virtual Network Functions in India to address accelerating XaaS demand.
- 2024-06-24
Equinix announces plans to open a strategic interconnection hub (IBX data center) in Chennai, complementing its Mumbai campus.
- 2024-11-19
Equinix partners with CleanMax to develop 33 MW of captive renewable power projects to decarbonize its India data centers.
- 2025-09-19
Equinix opens CN1, its first AI-ready IBX data center in Chennai (Siruseri, Tamil Nadu), with $69M initial investment; phase 1 capacity of 800 cabinets, scaling to 4,250 cabinets.
- 2025-11-11
Equinix commissions a Group Captive solar power project in India with CleanMax.
- 2026-04-08
Equinix launches MB3, a new purpose-built IBX data center in Mumbai (Chandivali, Powai), with $95M+ initial investment (bringing cumulative India investment to ~$365M); initial capacity of 1,370+ cabinets, scaling to 5,475+ cabinets at full build-out.
Leadership context
Manoj Paul continues to hold the title Managing Director, India at Equinix as of the most recent verified press release (April 8, 2026), where he is quoted discussing India's AI and cloud adoption trajectory in connection with the new Mumbai MB3 data center launch. Also quoted in the September 19, 2025 Chennai CN1 launch announcement. No further biographical detail found.
Real estate
Equinix operates 5 IBX data centers in India across two cities: Mumbai (4 facilities - MB1 and MB2 from the 2020 GPX India acquisition, plus new MB3 opened April 2026 in Chandivali, Powai) and Chennai (1 facility - CN1, opened September 2025 in Siruseri). Combined colocation space exceeded 100,000 sq ft (9,300 sq m) prior to the MB3 launch. Cumulative disclosed investment in India stands at roughly $365 million as of April 2026. Equinix has also invested in renewable power via captive solar and other Group Captive renewable projects with CleanMax.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- Not disclosed
- As of
- Not disclosed
News and developments
Equinix Launches Purpose-Built IBX Data Center in Mumbai to Accelerate India's AI and Cloud Growth
Equinix opened MB3, a new 4-acre, five-story IBX data center in Chandivali, Powai (Mumbai), adjacent to its existing MB2 facility. Initial investment exceeds $95M (bringing cumulative India investment to ~$365M). Managing Director India Manoj Paul and APAC President Cyrus Adaggra were quoted, along with customer Kotak Securities.
2026-04-08 Equinix Newsroom ↗
Equinix commissions Group Captive solar project in India with CleanMax
Equinix commissioned a Group Captive solar power project in India in partnership with CleanMax, part of its renewable-energy/decarbonization program.
2025-11-11 Equinix Newsroom ↗
Equinix Opens First AI-Ready Data Center in Chennai
Equinix opened CN1, its first IBX data center in Chennai (Siruseri, Tamil Nadu's IT corridor). Initial investment of $69M; phase 1 capacity of 800 cabinets scaling to 4,250 cabinets. Manoj Paul, Managing Director India, was quoted.
2025-09-19 Equinix Newsroom ↗
Sources
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.