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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Schwartz Eric   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EQUINIX INC [EQIX] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President, Equinix Europe (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE LAGOON DRIVE, 4TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/25/2014 (Street) REDWOOD CITY, CA 94065 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/25/2014   A(1)   150 (1) A $ 0 (1) 6,576 (1) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

$ 0

11/25/2014

A(2)

68 (2)

(2)

(2)

Common Stock

68 (2)

$ 0

2,097 (2)

D

Restricted Stock Units

$ 0

11/25/2014

A(3)

39 (3)

(3)

(3)

Common Stock

39 (3)

$ 0

1,177 (3)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Schwartz Eric ONE LAGOON DRIVE 4TH FLOOR REDWOOD CITY, CA 94065			President, Equinix Europe

Signatures

Darrin B. Short, Attorney-in-Fact		11/26/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This report reflects shares received by the Reporting Person as a result of the Reporting Person's receipt of his pro rata portion of a special distribution declared by the Board of Directors of the Company on October 16, 2014 and paid on November 25, 2014 (the "Special Distribution").
(2)	Includes 68 additional unvested performance stock units ("PSUs") allocated on November 25, 2014 in connection with the special distribution and associated with the previously reported RSU grant received by the Reporting Person on February 21, 2012. The vesting of which was subject to both continued service and the attainment of certain revenue and EBITDA targets for 2012. The Compensation Committee certified the degree to which the targets were achieved, therefore 50% of the achievement level of the award vested on 2/15/2013, with 25% additional units of the achievement level of the award scheduled to vest on each of February 15, 2014 and February 15, 2015, subject solely to continued service.
(3)	Includes 39 additional unvested performance stock units ("PSUs") allocated on November 25, 2014 in connection with the special distribution and associated with the previously reported RSU Grant received by the Reporting Person on February 14, 2013. The vesting of which was subject to both continued service and the attainment of certain revenue and EBITDA targets for 2013. The Compensation Committee certified the degree to which the targets were achieved, therefore 50% of the award vested on February 28, 2014, with 25% additional units scheduled to vest on each of February 15, 2015 and February 15, 2016, subject solely to continued service.

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