Equinix Appoints Scott Crenshaw as EVP & GM, Digital Services

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Equinix has appointed Scott Crenshaw as Executive Vice President & General Manager of Digital Services, effective August 1, 2022. In this newly created role, he will oversee the strategy and growth of Equinix's digital services, including offerings like Equinix Fabric and Equinix Metal. Crenshaw previously held leadership positions at Concourse Labs, Rackspace, and Red Hat, where he was instrumental in driving digital transformation and cloud services. His extensive experience is expected to enhance Equinix's ability to support global businesses in their digital infrastructure needs.

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• Scott Crenshaw brings a wealth of experience from leading roles in digital transformation and cloud services.
• His leadership is expected to drive growth and innovation in Equinix's digital services portfolio.

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• There may be concerns regarding continuity and experience gaps due to the transition in leadership.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure company™, today announced the appointment of Scott Crenshaw to the position of Executive Vice President & General Manager, Digital Services.

In this newly created role, Crenshaw will be responsible for driving the growth and strategy of Equinix's suite of digital services, including Equinix Fabric™, Equinix Metal^® and Network Edge. He will have direct responsibility for product management and the associated software engineering teams supporting these offerings.

Crenshaw's appointment comes at a time when businesses globally continue to rely upon Equinix for their critical digital infrastructure needs, including the ability to leverage Equinix's market-leading interconnected colocation portfolio through virtual, as a Service and edge solutions.

Highlights/Key Facts

• Additional products under Crenshaw's leadership will include Equinix Internet Exchange^®, Equinix Metro Connect^®, Equinix Internet Access and Equinix Precision Time^®.
• Crenshaw joins Equinix from Concourse Labs, where he has served as CEO, and previously as President and Chief Operating Officer. As CEO, he enabled large enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation by automating cloud security and compliance.
• Prior to Concourse Labs, Crenshaw served in a variety of roles at Rackspace Technology, Inc., including Executive Vice President and General Manager, Private Cloud. In this role, he led the growth of Rackspace's Private Cloud as a Service business to over $1 billion in revenue and the introduction of industry-first hybrid and multicloud services for businesses.
• At Red Hat Software, Crenshaw led the Linux Business Unit and started the company's Cloud Business Unit, serving as its Vice President and General Manager. He was a driving force in leading the company's transformation from a Linux vendor into a major player in modern cloud infrastructure and developer platforms.
• Crenshaw has held additional positions of senior leadership at Verisign, Acronis, NTRU and Datawatch Corporation.
• A co-inventor of seven U.S. patents, Crenshaw has also served as a member of the board of directors for BluVector Inc. and Cloud Technology Partners, Inc.
• Crenshaw received a B.S. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Sloan Fellow.

Quotes

• Charles Meyers, President and Chief Executive Officer, Equinix

"Equinix continues to power the world's digital leaders, building and operating the most trusted, programmable and sustainable platform for interconnected infrastructure. Scott Crenshaw brings a perfect blend of skills and experience to help us drive our customer-focused vision for digital services. Scott will help us envision and deliver the services we need to help customers transform and scale their infrastructure with speed, agility, reliability and the cloud-optimized architectures they need to meet today's business needs and capture tomorrow's opportunities. Scott's track record of innovation and success at Concourse, Red Hat and Rackspace make him an ideal leader for this critical role."

• Scott Crenshaw, EVP & General Manager, Digital Services, Equinix

"Equinix is a world-class organization with a long track record in driving innovations that enable businesses to use their digital infrastructure as a source of commercial advantage and success. I look forward to leading the Digital Services team as we deliver customers unique and innovative solutions to accelerate digital transformation and unlock the power of the extensive hybrid multicloud ecosystem that fuels Platform Equinix."

About Equinix

Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX® and xScale™ data centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products and solutions, unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; a failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; risks related to our taxation as a REIT; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent Equinix quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

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FAQ

Who has been appointed as EVP & GM of Digital Services at Equinix?

Scott Crenshaw has been appointed as the Executive Vice President & General Manager of Digital Services at Equinix.

What will Scott Crenshaw's role involve at Equinix?

Scott Crenshaw will be responsible for the growth and strategy of Equinix's digital services, including products like Equinix Fabric and Equinix Metal.

What experience does Scott Crenshaw bring to Equinix?

Scott Crenshaw has significant experience from previous roles at Concourse Labs, Rackspace, and Red Hat, focusing on digital transformation and cloud services.

How might Scott Crenshaw's appointment impact Equinix?

Crenshaw's appointment is expected to enhance Equinix's capabilities in delivering innovative digital infrastructure solutions to businesses.

When was Scott Crenshaw appointed to his new position at Equinix?

Scott Crenshaw was appointed on August 1, 2022.