Who owns xScale?
xScale is not wholly owned by any single company recorded here: Equinix (the United States, NASDAQ: EQIX) holds a 20% stake.[1] Equinix holds 20% of its xScale joint ventures, accounted for as equity-method investments; its 10-K says it shares control of the variable-interest joint ventures equally with its partners and earns fees for managing them.
Evidence: Equinix, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-11, SEC EDGAR, 11 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Largest stakeholder
- Equinix, Inc. (20% stake) verified
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 United States, Redwood City, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Real estate › Owners & developers › Property REITs
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: EQIX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About xScale
xScale is the Equinix name for data centres built for hyperscale customers, the world's largest cloud providers, and the 10-K says they are developed and operated through joint venture partnerships. It records a 20% ownership share in the EMEA 1 joint venture and in the variable-interest ventures covering Asia-Pacific, EMEA and the Americas, where decisions need both Equinix and its partners to agree.
Ownership timeline of xScale
Where xScale sits in Equinix
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Equinix
Equinix controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in real estate.
Also in real estate
- Equinix (1998)
Other brands in property reits, and who owns them
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Outlets | Simon Property Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Sun Communities | Sun Communities | 🇺🇸 United States |
| The Mills | Simon Property Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Equinix
Equinix is a publicly listed company headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States, founded in 1998.
Equinix is a data centre company that was incorporated in Delaware on 22 June 1998 and operates as a real estate investment trust. Its 10-K for 2025 describes a global footprint of International Business Exchange (IBX) and xScale data centres across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa, plus interconnection services. Its name joins the words equality, neutrality and internet exchange, reflecting its founders' aim of a network-neutral place for competing networks to meet.
🇺🇸 xScale and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; xScale is not one of them.
- Centex — PulteGroup 🇺🇸
- Compass — Compass 🇺🇸
- Cushman & Wakefield — Cushman & Wakefield 🇧🇲
- Lennar — Lennar 🇺🇸
- Opendoor — Opendoor 🇺🇸
- Premium Outlets — Simon Property Group 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who owns xScale?
No single company recorded here owns xScale outright. Equinix holds a 20% stake.
Does Equinix control xScale?
Not on the shareholding alone: a 20% holding is not a majority. Equinix holds 20% of its xScale joint ventures, accounted for as equity-method investments; its 10-K says it shares control of the variable-interest joint ventures equally with its partners and earns fees for managing them.
Where did xScale come from?
xScale originated in the United States.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Equinix, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-11 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 11 February 2026; retrieved 15 October 2026.
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