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Equinixvs.NetApp

EQIX vs NTAP · 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 2.7× larger than NetApp by market cap; NetApp trades at the lower P/E (31.1 vs 69.1); year to date, NetApp leads (+74.5% vs +37.7%).

Side by side

EQIXNTAP
Market cap$106B$39.6B
Price$1,073.44$187.43
Today+1.7%+0.3%
Return YTD+37.7%+74.5%
Return 1Y+34.2%+69.1%
P/E69.131.1
P/S10.85.7
P/B7.429.3

Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

EquinixEQIX

NASDAQ · USA

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.

Data center REITCritical infrastructure
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NetAppNTAP

NASDAQ · USA

Keeps enterprise data on flash arrays and moves it between on-premises kit and the cloud; AI workloads are the newer source of demand.

Data storage
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