Quarterly Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Information

The following tables present selected quarterly information (in thousands, except per share data):

	2015
	Quarter Ended
	March 31			June 30		September 30			December 31
Revenues	$	643,174		$	665,582	$	686,649		$	730,462
Gross profit	344,861			349,825		361,181			378,494
Net income (loss) attributable to Equinix	76,452			59,459		41,132			10,731
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Equinix	(59,141		)	104,323		(23,707		)	(10,317		)
EPS attributable to Equinix
Basic EPS	1.35			1.04		0.72			0.18
Diluted EPS	1.34			1.03		0.71			0.18

	2014
	Quarter Ended
	March 31		June 30		September 30			December 31
Revenues	$	580,053	$	605,161	$	620,441		$	638,121
Gross profit	292,528		312,302		316,389			324,672
Net income (loss) attributable to Equinix	41,387		11,328		42,841			(355,103		)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Equinix	55,329		33,640		(97,814		)	(450,067		)
EPS attributable to Equinix
Basic EPS	0.83		0.22		0.81			(6.42		)
Diluted EPS	0.81		0.22		0.79			(6.42		)