Digital Realtyvs.Equinix
DLR vs EQIX · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
Equinix is about 1.5× larger than Digital Realty by market cap; Equinix trades at the lower P/E (65.8 vs 81.6); year to date, Equinix leads (+32.0% vs +16.7%).
Side by side
| DLR | EQIX | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $65.2B | $101B |
| Price | $178.76 | $1,026.06 |
| Today | +1.5% | +1.5% |
| Return YTD | +16.7% | +32.0% |
| Return 1Y | +3.0% | +25.8% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −7.4% | −6.0% |
| P/E | 81.6 | 65.8 |
| P/S | 9.6 | 10.3 |
| P/B | 2.4 | 7.0 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
Digital RealtyDLR
Owns and runs data centres as a REIT, from wholesale halls let to hyperscalers down to smaller colocation space.
Full DLR profile →EquinixEQIX
Carrier-neutral by design. Equinix rents floor space and power, then sells the interconnection between whoever is in the building. xScale covers the hyperscale-sized halls.
Full EQIX profile →More DLR & EQIX comparisons
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