Student Outcomes
Hands-on experiences with data center facilities build students' foundational technical knowledge, career awareness, and professional skills—connecting classroom learning to real-world digital infrastructure job opportunities.
What is Pathways to Tech
Pathways to Tech is Equinix's global initiative creating inclusive pathways for ages 14-18 into data center careers. Focused on people and opportunity, it connects youth to opportunities in the digital infrastructure industry.
Raises Awareness
Pathways to Tech introduces students to data center careers through employee-led events, including classroom talks, IBX tours, and hands-on activities, that showcase diverse technical roles, spark interest, and connect young people with digital infrastructure professionals.
Amplifies STEM
Pathways to Tech makes STEM accessible by giving students direct exposure to real-world tech environments. Through hands-on, interactive activities led by volunteers, students experience memorable, skills-aligned interactions with Equinix team members.
Global Reach
Pathways to Tech is a global initiative delivering inclusive workforce pathways across 75+ Equinix locations worldwide. Programs are tailored to local communities and designed for students around the world.
Real Program Impact
Pathways to Tech channels Equinix volunteers' energy into lasting impact by introducing youth to exciting digital infrastructure careers. These early exposures plant seeds that grow into internships, apprenticeships, and full-time roles—creating opportunity right in their communities.
Learning Labs
Through Equinix's learning labs featuring real data center infrastructure, students experience hands-on learning that bridges classroom learning with real world technical careers.
School Partnerships
Equinix engages local schools to become Pathways to Tech School Partners and build long-term relationships with teachers, administrators and students. These school partnerships become lasting community engagements.
Kayla's Story
Kayla, a Resident at i.c. stars, an Equinix Foundation nonprofit partner, first explored tech career pathways during a Pathways to Tech data center tour. That single experience ignited her interest in data center roles. Within months, she landed an IBX internship, and today, she's a full-time Equinix Data Center Technician on the Chicago team at CH3.
Explore the program
How It Works
Pathways to Tech empowers Equinix volunteers to inspire high school students through classroom talks, data center tours, and hands-on STEM activities—opening pathways to digital infrastructure careers, internships, and apprenticeships.
For Educators
Schools join through local partnerships and can arrange school presentations, Equinix data center site tours, and/or a half-day education days.
For Students
Students participate through their classes, gaining exposure to technical careers through data center tours and conversations with Operations professionals.
Students learned not only about how data centers work and the connections that keep our digital world running, but also about Equinix's culture, values, and growth. Most inspiring? Hearing from young professionals who came through training programs, helped them imagine new possibilities for their own futures.
Tania Ross O-Lab, P2T Education Partner