NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 3, 2026--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its'BBB+'issue-level rating to the proposed senior unsecured notes issued by U.S.-based data center service provider Equinix Inc.'s wholly owned core financing subsidiary Equinix Europe 2 Financing Corp. LLC , which doesn’t hold any material operating assets. Equinix Inc. will guarantee the proposed notes, which will rank equally with its existing unsecured debt (totaling about $23 billion, excluding about $2 billion of finance leases). The company plans to use the proceeds from these notes to acquire additional properties or businesses, fund development opportunities, bolster working capital, and for general corporate purposes including, but not limited to, refinancing its upcoming maturities and repaying its existing borrowings. We view