Equinix controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Equinix discloses ransomware attack on internal systems
Issue disclosure
Equinix disclosed that ransomware affected some of its internal systems. The company said its data centers and services remained operational and that the incident did not affect customers. It said it was investigating and had notified law enforcement. The supplied source does not establish that customer or other data was exposed.
Company response
Investigation — Equinix
Our teams took immediate and decisive action to address the incident, notified law enforcement and are continuing to investigate.
Source excerpt
Data center provider Equinix said its systems have been subject to a ransomware attack.
Our teams took immediate and decisive action to address the incident, notified law enforcement and are continuing to investigate.
They were the colocation giant’s own systems, and the attack did not affect any of its customers, the company said in a blog post Wednesday evening US Pacific time.
2018
U.S. Customs and Border Protection contracts
Reference material reports that Equinix signed three contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection for technology-support equipment totaling more than $5 million. The contracts attracted scrutiny in reporting because of the agency's role in immigration enforcement.
2014
Greenpeace criticism of renewable-energy performance
Greenpeace criticized Equinix's environmental performance, particularly its renewable-energy use and carbon-emissions response. Equinix subsequently announced a longer-term clean-energy commitment and entered into renewable-energy arrangements associated with wind farms in Texas and Oklahoma.