Telx’s Ethernet Exchange Opens For Business, Equinix’s Adds 16 Customers

Both Telx Group (news, filings) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX, news, filings) announced further steps forward for their Ethernet exchange businesses.

Telx formally opened its Ethernet Exchanges at five initial five locations:  111 8th Avenue, 60 Hudson Street, 350 East Cermak, 56 Marietta, and 200 Paul St out in San Fransisco.  Along with the 14 locations of their partner tndm, they now have a presence in some 19 facilities.  Further deployments are in the works for the hubs of Dallas and Los Angeles.

For its part, Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX, news, filings) added 16 new customers to its own Ethernet Exchange offering, which opened for business back in the Spring.  2Connect, Allstream, FiberLight, Global Telecom & Technology, Glowpoint, Internet Solutions, IP Networks, Layer42, Megapath, Nimbus Exchange, PacNet, Peerless Network, SSE Telecom, Virtela, Voxel and XO have now signed up.  There’s quite a selection of providers in that list.  Equinix also plans to add exchanges in ten more sites over the next few quarters:  Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Hong Kong, Miami, Seattle, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto and Zurich.

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