The joint venture's closing, pending regulatory approvals, is expected by the fourth quarter of 2024. Adaire Fox-Martin, CEO and President, Equinix stated, "As the world's leading companies build out their infrastructure to support key workloads such as artificial intelligence, they require the combination of large-scale data center footprints optimized for AI training and interconnection nodes for the most efficient inferencing." "Our xScale and IBX offerings are uniquely positioned to address this business need, enabling companies to realize the powerful potential of AI." Investors can gain exposure to the stock via Pacer Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF SRVR and Elevation Series Trust SRH REIT Covered Call ETF SRHR. Price Action : EQIX shares are down 0.98% at $877.92 at the last check Thursday. Image via Shutterstock Read Next: