Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Subsequent Events	14. Subsequent Events In July 2012, the Company acquired certain assets and operations of Asia Tone Limited (“Asia Tone”), a privately-owned company headquartered in Hong Kong, for cash consideration of approximately $230,500,000 (the “Asia Tone Acquisition”). Asia Tone operates six data centers and one disaster recovery center in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. The Asia Tone Acquisition includes one data center under construction in Shanghai. The combined company will operate under the Equinix name. The Asia Tone Acquisition will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with the accounting standard for business combinations. The preliminary purchase price allocation for the Asia Tone Acquisition is not currently available as the appraisals necessary to assess fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are not yet complete. In July 2012, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of ancotel GmbH (“ancotel”), a privately-owned company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany for cash consideration of approximately $85,714,000 (the “ancotel Acquisition”). Ancotel operates one data center in Frankfurt and edge nodes in Hong Kong, London and Miami. The ancotel Acquisition will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with the accounting standard for business combinations. The preliminary purchase price allocation for the ancotel Acquisition is not currently available as the appraisals necessary to assess fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are not yet complete. In July 2012, the Company fully utilized the U.S. Term Loan and used the funds to prepay and terminate the Asia-Pacific Financing (see Note 8, “U.S. Financing”). As a result, the Company will recognize a loss on debt extinguishment in the third quarter of 2012 of approximately $5,177,000, representing the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs related to the Asia-Pacific Financing. In July 2012, ALOG fully utilized the ALOG Financing and intends to use the funds to prepay and terminate the outstanding balance of ALOG’s loans payable (see Note 8, “ALOG Financing”).

14. Subsequent Events

In July 2012, the Company acquired certain assets and operations of Asia Tone Limited (“Asia Tone”), a privately-owned company headquartered in Hong Kong, for cash consideration of approximately $230,500,000 (the “Asia Tone Acquisition”). Asia Tone operates six data centers and one disaster recovery center in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. The Asia Tone Acquisition includes one data center under construction in Shanghai. The combined company will operate under the Equinix name. The Asia Tone Acquisition will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with the accounting standard for business combinations. The preliminary purchase price allocation for the Asia Tone Acquisition is not currently available as the appraisals necessary to assess fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are not yet complete.

In July 2012, the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of ancotel GmbH (“ancotel”), a privately-owned company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany for cash consideration of approximately $85,714,000 (the “ancotel Acquisition”). Ancotel operates one data center in Frankfurt and edge nodes in Hong Kong, London and Miami. The ancotel Acquisition will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with the accounting standard for business combinations. The preliminary purchase price allocation for the ancotel Acquisition is not currently available as the appraisals necessary to assess fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are not yet complete.

In July 2012, the Company fully utilized the U.S. Term Loan and used the funds to prepay and terminate the Asia-Pacific Financing (see Note 8, “U.S. Financing”). As a result, the Company will recognize a loss on debt extinguishment in the third quarter of 2012 of approximately $5,177,000, representing the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs related to the Asia-Pacific Financing.

In July 2012, ALOG fully utilized the ALOG Financing and intends to use the funds to prepay and terminate the outstanding balance of ALOG’s loans payable (see Note 8, “ALOG Financing”).