Yanbing Li appointed to Equinix board of directors

Published 14/08/2025, 21:14
Yanbing Li appointed to Equinix board of directors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX), the $76 billion market cap digital infrastructure giant with a GOOD financial health score according to InvestingPro, announced Thursday the appointment of Dr. Yanbing Li to its Board of Directors. Li currently serves as Chief Product Officer at Datadog, where she leads the team responsible for scaling the company’s product portfolio.

Li brings experience from previous roles including Senior Vice President of Engineering at Aurora, where she led software development for autonomous driving technology, and Vice President of Product and Engineering at Google, where she managed multiple Google Cloud product areas. The appointment comes as Equinix continues to grow its revenue, which reached $8.93 billion in the last twelve months.

Before Google, Li served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Storage and Availability Business Unit at VMware. She has also previously served on the boards of AVEVA and NeoPhotonics.

"Yanbing is a proven technology and business leader with deep expertise in AI, cloud, enterprise software and global operations," said Charles Meyers, Executive Chairman of Equinix, in a statement released by the company.

Li holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from Princeton University and a master’s degree in the same field from Cornell University. She completed the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2014.

Equinix, which describes itself as a digital infrastructure company, operates data centers globally and provides interconnection services. According to InvestingPro analysis, the company currently appears overvalued compared to its Fair Value, though analysts maintain a bullish consensus with price targets ranging from $798 to $1,200. The information in this article is based on a press release issued by the company. For deeper insights into Equinix’s financial health and growth prospects, investors can access the comprehensive Pro Research Report, available exclusively on InvestingPro.

In other recent news, Equinix Inc. reported a 5% year-over-year increase in revenue for Q2 2025, totaling $2.26 billion. The company also achieved an adjusted EBITDA margin of 50%, and it updated its 2025 revenue guidance to a growth range of 7-8%, citing strong demand for its digital infrastructure services. JPMorgan responded to these solid results by raising its price target for Equinix to $940, maintaining an Overweight rating, and noting the company’s better-than-expected non-recurring revenue. JMP Securities reiterated its Market Outperform rating with a price target of $1,200, following Equinix’s clarification of its capital expenditure plans. However, CFRA downgraded Equinix from Buy to Hold, maintaining an $850 price target, due to a more conservative risk assessment despite acknowledging growth opportunities. In strategic developments, Equinix has partnered with several next-generation nuclear technology providers to address its global data centers’ growing electricity demands. These collaborations aim to secure new power sources amid potential power constraints.

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