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Question: Aryeh Klein - BMO Capital Markets Equity Research - Analyst
: It sounds like you're seeing some better momentum in the Americas. Can you talk a little bit about that market? What are you seeing there? And
how do you kind of expect that growth rate to maybe improve over the next few quarters?
Question: Nicholas Ralph Del Deo - MoffettNathanson LLC - Analyst
: First, as we think about the new products and services that you're introducing or planning to introduce, are there boundaries we should consider
regarding how far you're willing to push out? For example, limits in terms of your willingness to own hardware that customers consume virtually
or services that might compete with customers, things of that nature?
Question: Nicholas Ralph Del Deo - MoffettNathanson LLC - Analyst
: Okay. Okay. That's great. And then I was hoping if I could get little more details on xScale. How do you determine what deployment is going to
xScale versus what goes into Equinix? Will material matter to your current leasing shift into xScale? And how tight or loose is the exclusivity
component of the agreement with GIC?
Question: Nicholas Ralph Del Deo - MoffettNathanson LLC - Analyst
: Okay. Just a follow-up real quick. I mean my understanding was that you've been willing to take some large deployments in your European footprint.
You're saying that what xScale is targeting is even larger than what you've done there historically?
Question: Nicholas Ralph Del Deo - MoffettNathanson LLC - Analyst
: Okay. And then regarding the exclusivity component?
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Question: Erik Peter Rasmussen - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division - Analyst
: And maybe just continuing with xScale, how should we think about the particulars of the xScale opportunity, especially around capacity at full
build-out? I know you've put out an announcement, what you expect the capacity would be. But -- and then just a number of sites initially in relation
to what was laid out at Analyst Day, maybe just compare how that compares to what was laid out.
Question: Erik Peter Rasmussen - Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Research Division - Analyst
: Okay. Great. And then maybe just related to that, one of the properties that was, I guess, under -- committed and will be under development would
be in Amsterdam. And I guess it relates to what we've heard recently about the 12-month moratorium on data center construction. Do you have
any thoughts on potential impact and what that might mean for this project and maybe just in relation to others?
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