Equinix MD5 is the fifth International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre operated by Equinix in the Madrid metropolitan area, Spain. The facility opened in May 2026 as part of Equinix's $535 million expansion investment in the Spanish market, significantly increasing the company's capacity in the...
Equinix MD5 is the fifth International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre operated by Equinix in the Madrid metropolitan area, Spain. The facility opened in May 2026 as part of Equinix's $535 million expansion investment in the Spanish market, significantly increasing the company's capacity in the Iberian Peninsula to meet growing demand from cloud, AI, and enterprise customers.
Located in Las Rozas, a key data centre hub in the Madrid area, MD5 provides carrier-neutral colocation services with access to Equinix's global ecosystem of over 10,000 cloud, network, and enterprise customers. The facility offers interconnection services through Equinix Fabric and direct access to leading cloud service providers via Equinix Cloud Exchange Reach, enabling businesses to deploy hybrid and multi-cloud architectures with low latency.
Equinix MD5 is designed to meet the highest standards of reliability and sustainability, targeting PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) compliance with the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact goals. The Madrid campus, encompassing MD1 through MD5, forms one of the most significant interconnection hubs in Southern Europe, serving as a gateway for traffic between Europe, Africa, and Latin America via undersea cable landing stations on the Iberian coast.
