FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   MORANDI BRANDI GALVIN 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/12/2019 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EQUINIX INC [EQIX] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O EQUINIX, INC., ONE LAGOON DRIVE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Legal and HR Officer 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) REDWOOD CITY, CA 94065 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 19,453 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	  (1)	  (2)	Common Stock	1,118	$ 0	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units	  (3)	  (2)	Common Stock	776	$ 0	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units	  (4)	  (2)	Common Stock	2,330	$ 0	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units	  (5)	  (2)	Common Stock	1,651	$ 0	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units	  (6)	  (2)	Common Stock	3,571	$ 0	D	Â
Restricted Stock Units	  (6)	  (2)	Common Stock	2,308	$ 0	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MORANDI BRANDI GALVIN C/O EQUINIX, INC. ONE LAGOON DRIVE REDWOOD CITY, CA 94065	Â	Â	  Chief Legal and HR Officer	Â

Signatures

Samantha Lagocki, Attorney-in-Fact		04/18/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On February 16, 2017, the reporting person was granted performance restricted stock units, the vesting of which was subject to both continued service and the attainment of certain AFFO, Revenue and EBITDA targets for 2017. The Compensation Committee certified the degree to which the targets were achieved, therefore 50% of the award vested on February 28, 2018, 25% vested on February 15, 2019 and the remaining 25% will on February 15, 2020, subject solely to continued service.
(2)	Restricted Stock Unit award expires upon reporting person's termination of services.
(3)	Vesting is dependent upon continuous active service as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company (Service) throughout the vesting period. The Restricted Stock Units shall vest as follows: 33.33% of the RSUs vested on January 15, 2018 and an additional 33.33% of the RSUs vested on January 15, 2019 and the remaining 33.33% will vest on January 15, 2020.
(4)	On February 27, 2018, the reporting person was granted performance restricted stock units, the vesting of which was subject to both continued service and the attainment of certain AFFO, Revenue and EBITDA targets for 2018. The Compensation Committee certified the degree to which the targets were achieved, therefore 50% of the award vested on February 25, 2019, 25% will vest on February 15, 2020 and the remaining 25% will on February 15, 2021, subject solely to continued service.
(5)	Vesting is dependent upon continuous active service as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company (Service) throughout the vesting period. The Restricted Stock Units shall vest as follows: 33.33% of the RSUs vested on January 15, 2019 and an additional 33.33% of the RSUs will each vest on January 15, 2020 and January 15, 2021.
(6)	Vesting is dependent upon continuous active service as an employee, consultant or director of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company (Service) throughout the vesting period. The Restricted Stock Units shall vest as follows: 33.33% of the RSUs vesting on January 15, 2020 and an additional 33.33% of the RSUs vesting on January 15, 2021 and January 15, 2022.

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