On September 22, Equinix rose 3.1% in regular trading, trading at $1,053.57 per share, with turnover of $135 million. The move was driven by Rothschild & Co Redburn initiating coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and a price target of $1,261, implying approximately 20% upside from current levels.

The new initiation aligns with broad Wall Street optimism on Equinix. According to FactSet, the consensus analyst rating is Buy with a mean price target of $1,237.03. In recent months, multiple firms have raised targets, including Jefferies ($1,300), Mizuho ($1,275), Evercore ISI ($1,270), and Citigroup ($1,260), reflecting confidence in the company's growth trajectory.

Fundamentally, Equinix reported strong Q2 results, with adjusted FFO of $11.78 per share beating the $11.35 estimate by 3.8%, while revenue of $2.63 billion exceeded the $2.59 billion consensus. The company also raised full-year guidance. Strategically, Equinix recently completed a $4 billion acquisition of Nordic data center developer atNorth and announced a partnership with NVIDIA and Together AI to launch a distributed AI inference platform expected in Q1 of next year.

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure that powers their success.

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