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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)           June 17, 1999
                                                       ------------------------
  
                            EXODUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                            ---------------------------
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
            Delaware                    0-23795                  77-0403076
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  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)               File Number)          Identification No.)
  
  
           2831 Mission College Boulevard
              Santa Clara, California                            95054-1838
        --------------------------------------                   ----------
       (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code             (408) 346-2200
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  Item 5:  Other Events
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           On June 17, 1999, Exodus Communications, Inc. issued a press release
  announcing that it has entered into an agreement to sell $75 million of 11 1/4%
  senior notes due 2008 in a private offering. The offering will be made within
  the United States to qualified institutional buyers and outside the United
  States to non-U.S. persons. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit
  99.01 and incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
  
     (c)  Exhibits
  
          Exhibit Number          Exhibit
          --------------          -------
  
          99.01                   Press Release, dated June 17, 1999,
                                  of Exodus Communications, Inc.
  
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                                     SIGNATURE
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated:  June 18, 1999
  
                                  EXODUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
  
                                  By:  /s/ Richard S. Stoltz
                                      -------------------------
                                       Richard S. Stoltz
                                       Executive Vice President, Finance,
                                        Chief Financial Officer and
                                        Chief Operating Officer
  
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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
                                   -------------
  
  Exhibit
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  99.01    Press release of the Company dated June 17, 1999.
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)           June 17, 1999
                                                       ------------------------
  
                            EXODUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                            ---------------------------
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
            Delaware                    0-23795                  77-0403076
  -----------------------------       ------------          -------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)               File Number)          Identification No.)
  
           2831 Mission College Boulevard
              Santa Clara, California                            95054-1838
        --------------------------------------                   ----------
       (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code             (408) 346-2200
                                                                 --------------
  Item 5:  Other Events
           ------------
  
           On June 17, 1999, Exodus Communications, Inc. issued a press release
  announcing that it has entered into an agreement to sell $75 million of 11 1/4%
  senior notes due 2008 in a private offering. The offering will be made within
  the United States to qualified institutional buyers and outside the United
  States to non-U.S. persons. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit
  99.01 and incorporated herein by reference.
  
  ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
  
     (c)  Exhibits
  
          Exhibit Number          Exhibit
          --------------          -------
  
          99.01                   Press Release, dated June 17, 1999,
                                  of Exodus Communications, Inc.
  
                                         2
  SIGNATURE
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated:  June 18, 1999
  
                                  EXODUS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
  
                                  By:  /s/ Richard S. Stoltz
                                      -------------------------
                                       Richard S. Stoltz
                                       Executive Vice President, Finance,
                                        Chief Financial Officer and
                                        Chief Operating Officer
  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                   -------------
  
  Exhibit
  -------
  
  99.01    Press release of the Company dated June 17, 1999.