TL:DR
- Equinix recognizes 24 partners across 10 award categories for driving exceptional innovation & customer success throughout 2025’s digital transformation demands.
- Global winners demonstrate deep executive alignment & joint go-to-market strategies that accelerate AI-ready solutions.
- Partner collaboration enables tailored digital infrastructure solutions that support enterprise modernization & global connectivity expansion.
During 2025, we saw continued growth and change in the digital economy. Demand for AI-ready infrastructure and advanced networking capabilities was practically insatiable, and many enterprises looked to us at Equinix to help meet that demand.
However, we know that we can’t support these customers working alone. Partners have always been an important part of the Equinix story. Now, with customers asking more of their digital infrastructure than ever, the work we do with partners has become more important than ever before.
By aligning our strategic initiatives with our partners and pursuing joint-value opportunities, we achieved great success during 2025. We are proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of our 2025 Partner Award winners. In total, 24 partners are being honored across 10 award categories, reflecting the breadth, depth, and impact of innovation across the Equinix partner ecosystem.
Now, we’re excited to recognize some of the partners that were particularly influential in enabling that success.
Partners are essential to how we deliver value, and we deeply appreciate these award winners for helping to build the digital foundation needed to power AI-driven transformation. What stands out with each is not just strong execution, but a clear dedication to reimagining what’s possible for customers. We’re proud to recognize their achievements and grateful for their shared commitment to innovation and customer success.”Shane Paladin, Chief Customer and Revenue Officer, Equinix
2025 Equinix Partner Award Winners
Global Partner of the Year Award Winner: Zenlayer
Global Technology Alliance of the Year Award Winner: Dell Technologies
Technology Services Distributer Award Winner: AVANT COMMUNICATIONS
Regional Partner of the Year Award Winners: World Wide Technology, Telstra, Options Information Technology
Regional Alliance of the Year Award Winners: Dell Technologies Federal, Dell Technologies, HPE
Regional Technology Trailblazer Award Winners: PRESIDIO, China Mobile International, Orange Business
Regional Emerging Partner Award Winners: AHEAD, China Telecom Group, Medialine AG
Regional Social Governance Award Winners: Dell Technologies, Orange Business, HCLTech
Regional Partner Marketing Award Winners: HPE, Accenture, SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH
Regional Distributor of the Year Award Winners:: Carahsoft Technology Corp., Tech Data, a TD SYNNEX Company, Arrow ECS
Global Award Winners
This year’s Equinix Partner Awards recognize companies who demonstrated commitment to helping Equinix customers advance their digital businesses. We proudly announce the 2025 global winners.
Global Partner of the Year
This partner has consistently delivered business value to customers throughout the world using Equinix digital infrastructure. The partner has also demonstrated a strong commitment to working closely with Equinix to develop a proactive strategy and program that supports customer success and maximizes the value of our joint offerings.
The Global Partner of the Year award goes to:
Zenlayer
In 2025, the collaboration between Zenlayer and Equinix evolved beyond technical integration. It’s now characterized by deep executive alignment, synergistic business strategies, and highly effective joint marketing and program execution.
This comprehensive go-to-market alignment fueled our business success, driving continued investment in Equinix Fabric® integrated solutions, leadership in AI-driven initiatives, and global deployment. Our deep collaboration enables tailored joint solutions that meet the unique needs of our customers, ensuring they receive exceptional service and support throughout their journey.
Global Technology Alliance of the Year
This partner demonstrated global excellence and innovation by applying Equinix technologies to deliver scalable, breakthrough solutions for customers, including those supporting AI-driven outcomes. The partner collaborated closely with Equinix, customers, and the broader technology ecosystem to deliver integrated solutions across regions and industries.
The Global Technology Alliance of the Year award goes to:
Dell Technologies
In 2025, our collaboration with Dell Technologies enabled targeted account development, validated technology alignment, and coordinated execution for customers modernizing their infrastructure.
Dell and Equinix deliver powerful, tightly aligned IaaS and a managed cloud value proposition. The integration between Dell’s market-leading server and storage portfolio and the Equinix Managed Solutions platform enables customers to deploy secure, high-performance hybrid solutions with global reach.
Technology Services Distributer Award Winner
This partner demonstrated exceptional performance and leadership by facilitating access to tailored Equinix solutions, ensuring agents can better meet the evolving needs of end customers while enhancing efficiency and scaling their businesses.
The Technology Services Distributor partner award goes to:
AVANT COMMUNICATIONS
Regional Award Winners
In addition to our global award winners, we also recognize top-performing partners across three regions: the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA.
Regional Partner of the Year Award Winners
These partners have consistently delivered business value to customers within their regions using Equinix digital infrastructure. They’ve demonstrated strong commitment to working closely with Equinix to develop proactive strategies and programs that support customer success and maximize the value of our joint offerings.
The regional Partner of the Year awards go to:
- Americas: World Wide Technology
- Asia-Pacific: Telstra
- EMEA: Options Information Technology
Regional Alliance of the Year Award Winners
These partners demonstrated excellence, innovation and customer success by applying Equinix technologies to deliver breakthrough solutions for customers within their regions, including those enabling AI-driven outcomes. To achieve these results, they collaborated with Equinix, customers and other alliances.
The regional Alliance of the Year awards go to:
- Americas: Dell Technologies Federal
- Asia-Pacific: Dell Technologies
- EMEA: HPE
Regional Technology Trailblazer Award Winners
Partners in this category led the market as innovators by combining Equinix solutions with a proven ability to implement greater penetration of a joint-value proposition for market verticals.
The regional Technology Trailblazer awards go to:
- Americas: PRESIDIO
- Asia-Pacific: China Mobile International
- EMEA: Orange Business
Regional Emerging Partner Award Winners
Partners in this category have delivered breakthrough business value and pipeline growth through Equinix digital infrastructure solutions, establishing themselves as a key partner to Equinix now and in the future.
The regional Emerging Partner awards go to:
- Americas: AHEAD
- Asia-Pacific: China Telecom Group
- EMEA: Medialine AG
Regional Social Governance Award Winners
Partners in this category demonstrated their commitment to enabling a more sustainable digital world using Equinix technologies. This includes applying Equinix solutions to improve services for communities.
The regional Social Governance awards go to:
- Americas: Dell Technologies
- Asia-Pacific: Orange Business
- EMEA: HCLTech
Regional Partner Marketing Award Winners
Partners in this category invested resources and creativity into joint marketing initiatives, enabled internal teams, and drove demand through differentiated tactics that strengthened the partnership and fueled pipeline growth.
The regional Partner Marketing awards go to:
- Americas: HPE
- Asia-Pacific: Accenture
- EMEA: SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH
Regional Distributor of the Year Award Winners
Partners in this category have demonstrated excellence by expanding into new countries and regions through services, market growth and customer acquisition, facilitating new regional partnerships and providing marketing support to ensure partnership success.
The regional Distributor of the Year awards go to:
- Americas: Carahsoft Technology Corp.
- Asia-Pacific: Tech Data, A TD SYNNEX Company
- EMEA: Arrow ECS
Congratulations to all of this year’s award winners, and to all those exceptional partners who continue to help us support the next wave of customer growth and innovation.
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