Equinix Says Data-Project Barriers Could Boost Its Pricing Power
THE SO WHAT
Permitting, power, and build constraints are turning existing data center capacity into a scarcity asset—exactly where Equinix wants to be. If AI is core to your roadmap, you should be locking in colocation and power terms now, before constrained supply resets pricing.
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