November 2, 2015
New Subsea Cable System to Enhance Transatlantic Capacity and Reliability
San Francisco, November 2, 2015 – Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR, news, filings), a leading global provider of data center solutions, announced today that it is partnering with Aqua Comms Limited (AquaComms), a provider of scalable, subsea capacity-based network solutions, in deploying its new transatlantic fiber optic system, America Europe Connect (AEConnect). Spanning more than 5,400 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, between Long Island and the west coast of Ireland, with stubbed branching units for future landings, AEConnect is currently expected to be available in Digital Realty’s data center at 32 Avenue of the Americas by the end of 2015, and the company plans to expand availability to its two other New York facilities at 111 8th Avenue and 60 Hudson Street as well. The subsea cable features the latest technology of 130 gigabits per second by 100 gigabits per second, per fiber pair, which will provide low-latency connectivity from New York to London and beyond to greater Europe.
“Digital Realty’s combination of 60 Hudson Street, 111 8th Avenue and 32 Avenue of the Americas creates a market-leading trifecta for data center and colocation services in the New York metropolitan area,” said Anthony Rossabi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Telx. “With AEConnect linking New York and London, we are excited to offer enterprises, carriers and mobile operators access to private network bandwidth between two of the largest commercial centers in the world.”
AquaComms’ AEConnect is part of the new generation of subsea cable systems connecting New York and London that represent an update of the systems built nearly 15 years ago. It is expected to revolutionize connectivity between North America and Europe, leveraging the latest software-defined network (SDN) technology to provide global data centers, cloud-based networks and content providers with low-latency and high-reliability solutions to satisfy their growing transatlantic capacity requirements.
“We are excited about this collaboration as Digital Realty’s global footprint and unique ecosystem of open solutions will allow us to meet the continuously increasing demand for reliable, high-capacity connectivity between North America and Europe,” said Greg Varisco, Chief Operations Officer at AquaComms. “Digital Realty offers cutting edge data center solutions in the New York metropolitan area and beyond, which will allow our customers to extend existing networks and expand into new markets.”
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty’s clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products. www.digitalrealty.com
For Additional Information:
Clive Over
Director
Product Marketing
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
+1 (415) 848-9456
cover@digitalrealty.com
About Aqua Comms Limited
Aqua Comms Limited (AquaComms) is the owner and operator of the transatlantic cable AEConnect and the Irish Sea cable CeltixConnect, and was established to build, acquire or merge with subsea fiber optic cable networks to provide capacity networking solutions to the global media, content providers and IT companies. To learn more about AquaComms and its new transatlantic subsea cable system, AEConnect, visit www.AquaComms.com.
For Additional Information:
Greg Varisco
Operations Officer
Aqua Comms Limited
+353 1-662-4399
gvarisco@aquacomms.com
Ilissa Miller
iMiller Public Relations for Aqua Comms Limited
+1 (866) 307-2510
pr@imillerpr.com
Safe Harbor Statement
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