Equinix, a provider of global data centre services, has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire ancotel GmbH, a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection services in Europe. With the acquisition of ancotel, Equinix gains one data centre in Frankfurt with 2,100 sq m of data centre capacity and increases its European network density by adding more than 400 network customers, which includes 200 new networks and 6,000 cross connects.

The acquisition of...