Equinix's Irish estate went from four colocation buildings to five on 3 November 2025, when it completed a EUR 59M purchase of BT's data centre business in Ireland. The building that made the fifth stands in Blanchardstown Corporate Park at Ballycoolin, Dublin 15, and carries no published IBX code: the Dublin list still runs DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4 and the two xScale sites DB5x and DB6x. It is a separate property from the two Equinix already held in Ballycoolin - DB3 at Unit 2, Northwest Business Park, 62,258 sq ft, and DB4 at Unit 14, 51,322 sq ft - where INEX LAN1 and LAN2, NL-ix, Equinix Dublin and MegaIX Dublin are the exchanges on offer. BT agreed the sale on 23 December 2024 and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission cleared it in August 2025.
Equinix, which completed its EUR 59M acquisition of BT's Irish data centre business on 3 November 2025. BT ceased to operate the building on that date.
Which IBX code does the acquired Dublin building carry?
Equinix has published none for it. Its Dublin page lists DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, DB5x and DB6x, and the two xScale codes are already in use, so the next retail code will not be DB5.
How does this building differ from Equinix DB3 and DB4?
DB3 is Unit 2, Northwest Business Park, at 62,258 sq ft and DB4 is Unit 14, at 51,322 sq ft. The acquired site is a distinct building in Blanchardstown Corporate Park - Equinix's own count went from four Irish colocation sites to five.
Which exchanges are present in Equinix's older Ballycoolin buildings?
INEX LAN1 and LAN2, NL-ix, Equinix Dublin and MegaIX Dublin at DB3; Equinix Dublin and MegaIX Dublin at DB4.