“By leveraging Verizon’s Private IP Service and Equinix data center and interconnection services, customers can count on high levels of security, reliability and performance as they grow their businesses and expand into new markets.”

~Steve Smith, Equinix CEO and President.

“Verizon and Equinix are market leaders, and the new alliance we have formed will provide customers of both companies the foundation to transform their businesses. Whether it is e-commerce applications, big data, media and entertainment or cloud computing, enterprises need to quickly and securely access and move information from various points around the world.”

~ John Stratton, president, Verizon Enterprise Solutions

Verizon is offering its Private IP service out of 16 Equinix data centers around the world. With this announcement, Verizon customers gain access to over 300 cloud service providers inside Equinix data centers.

Rapid growth of cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications is driving demand for data center services. Verizon’s Private IP solution is offered in 147 countries across six continents. Fully integrated solutions will be available by the end of 2013.

Here is a a direct link to the Equinix site

Verizon Extends Private IP Service to Equinix Data Centers (Press Release from Verizon)