Digital infrastructure provider Equinix Inc (NASDAQ:EQIX) continues to expand in the Washington, D.C. Area. Today, Equinix announced the opening of its 16th International Business Exchange (IBX) data center, DC21.

With the addition of DC21, as well as the opening of the DC15 data center earlier this year, Equinix has invested more than $200 million in the Washington, D.C. area in 2020, as the area remains one of the most highly interconnected regions powering the global digital economy.

Equinix’s newest Washington, D.C. area data centers are part of Equinix’s data center campus in Ashburn, VA, home to the largest internet peering point in North America and one of the largest in the world. The expansion of its Ashburn Campus will provide Equinix additional capacity to respond to accelerating customer demand within the rapidly growing enterprise, government, cloud and financial services industries.

The Washington, D.C. area is one of four markets that includes Equinix Metal™, a new, fully automated and interconnected bare metal service launched in October. With this new service, companies have the option to deploy the physical infrastructure of their choice at software speed across Equinix’s trusted platform.

The expansion of the Equinix Ashburn Campus also includes a Co-Innovation Facility (CIF) where leading technology vendors in the digital infrastructure space can test, demonstrate and evolve their products in collaboration with Equinix. The CIF is a new capability, hosted by Equinix, that enables innovative suppliers to work with Equinix on trialing and developing methodologies that will be used to help define the future of digital infrastructure and services.

Currently, the global footprint of Platform Equinix spans more than 225 IBX data centers across 63 markets and 26 countries, providing digital infrastructure and services for more than 9,500 of the world’s leading businesses. In the U.S, Equinix has more than 80 IBX data centers across key metros, including Silicon Valley, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Miami and Washington, D.C.

Earlier in November, Equinix announced it is expanding Platform Equinix with a third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Perth. The new data center, to be named PE3, will be the company’s 18th data center in Australia.