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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Related Party Transactions

15. Related Party Transactions

The Company has several significant stockholders and other related parties that are also customers and/or vendors. The Company’s related party transactions are considered arms-length transactions. The Company’s activity of related party transactions was as follows (in thousands):

 

     Years ended December 31,  
     2012      2011      2010  

Revenues

   $ 31,607       $ 24,280       $ 22,627   

Costs and services

     2,248         3,040         3,246   

 

     As of December 31,  
     2012      2011  

Accounts receivable

   $ 3,595       $ 2,963   

Accounts payable

     82         —     

A member of the Company’s board of directors is affiliated with Crosslink Capital. Both the board member and Crosslink Capital are investors in the investment group that purchased 16 of the Company’s IBX data centers located throughout the U.S. (see Note 4).

In connection with the acquisition of ALOG, the Company acquired a lease for one of the Brazilian IBX data centers in which the lessor is a member of ALOG management. This lease contains an option to purchase the underlying property for fair market value on the date of purchase. The Company accounts for this lease as a

financing obligation as a result of structural building work pursuant to the accounting standard for lessee’s involvement in asset construction. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had a financing obligation liability totaling approximately $4,269,000 related to this lease on its consolidated balance sheet. This amount is considered a related party liability, which is not reflected in the related party data presented above.