Equinix, Inc. is an American digital infrastructure company that specializes in global colocation data centers.

According to the press release dated March 04, 2011, the Complaint alleges that during the Class Period, Defendants issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company’s business and financial results. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose that Equinix was having difficulty with the integration of Switch & Data Corporation Facilities Company (acquired in April 2010) into its operations due to a decline in bookings prior to the close of the acquisition and due to the Company’s aggressive synergy plan. Defendants further continuously hyped demand for the Company’s colocation services as being robust and failed to disclose that the Company’s business model was not working and was causing the Company to experience increased churn and pricing pressure on its collocation services. As a result of Defendants’ false statements, Equinix’s stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period, reaching a high of $105.09 per share on October 5, 2010.

After the market closed on October 5, 2010, Equinix issued a press release announcing revised third quarter and fiscal year 2010 guidance. The Company reported it expected revenue to be in the range of $328.0 to $330.0 million for the third quarter of 2010. The Company further reported it expected revenues for the full year 2010 to be approximately $1,215.0 million, 1.2% lower than the midpoint of its previous outlook. In addition, the Company announced that it would transition from a demand fulfillment business model to a demand creation model. On this news, Equinix’s stock collapsed $34.75 per share to close at $70.34 per share on October 6, 2010, a one-day decline of over 33% on high volume.

On June 10, 2011, the District Court issued an order after consideration of the unopposed motion for administrative relief to consider whether cases should be related and concluded that a separate case related to the current action was warranted.

On August 8, 2011, the Court issued an order appointing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 697 Pension Fund as lead Plaintiff and approving their choice of lead Counsel.

On September 22, 2011, the lead Plaintiff filed an amended class action Complaint. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the amended Complaint on November 7.

On March 2, 2012, the Court issued an order granting Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. Plaintiffs' amended Complaint was dismissed with leave to amend. On May 2, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a second amended Complaint. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the second amended Complaint on June 15.

On December 5, 2012, the Court issued an order granting Defendants' motion to dismiss the second amended Complaint. Plaintiffs were given leave to file an amended Complaint within thirty days of this order. On January 15, 2013, the Plaintiffs filed their third amended Complaint. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the third amended Complaint on February 26.

On June 12, 2013, the Court issued an Order granting the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and dismissed the case with prejudice.