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 1.4× larger than Digital Realty by market cap; Equinix trades at the lower P/E (69.1 vs 91.9); year to date, Equinix leads (+37.7% vs +21.9%).
Side by side
| DLR | EQIX | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $73.4B | $106B |
| Price | $192.32 | $1,073.44 |
| Today | +2.0% | +1.7% |
| Return YTD | +21.9% | +37.7% |
| Return 1Y | +12.9% | +34.2% |
| P/E | 91.9 | 69.1 |
| P/S | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| P/B | 2.7 | 7.4 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
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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