ROOT Data Center Partners with Megaport to Boost Cloud Connectivity Options in its Montréal Facilities

MONTRÉAL–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ROOT Data Center announces that its MTL-R1 and MTL-R2 facilities in Montréal have been enabled by Megaport’s global ecosystem of IT, cloud and network providers, powered by its Software Defined Network (SDN) technology. ROOT’s decision to become “Megaported” underpins its commitment to bring world-class solutions and partners to its data center customers.

Leveraging Megaport, a leading Network as a Service provider, ROOT customers can rapidly deploy hybrid and multicloud architectures with direct connections to major Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and Salesforce in conjunction with their colocation service. The partnership also enables ROOT customers to leverage on-demand, elastic connectivity, enabled by Megaport’s user-friendly self-service portal to design more robust hybrid IT environments.

“The partnership between ROOT Data Center and Megaport removes barriers to cloud adoption, providing customers a more flexible option to leverage public cloud services in conjunction with colocation,” says AJ Byers, President and CEO, ROOT Data Center. “Their legacy applications can remain in ROOT’s colocation facilities, while cloud-ready applications can seamlessly migrate to various CSPs and their specific global regions using a single cross-connect to Megaport from our Montréal data centers.”

According to 451 Research, 69 percent of enterprises will utilize multi-cloud hybrid environments by 2019, bringing both greater choice but also increasing complexity when it comes to interconnecting and integrating their IT infrastructure environments. By partnering with Megaport, ROOT simplifies and streamlines the migration to hybrid IT environments, providing customers with a secure, flexible, and cost-effective solution to interconnecting their colocation environment with one or more industry-leading public clouds.

“Ensuring performance and scalability of cloud environments is a primary concern for enterprises,” adds Vincent English, CEO of Megaport. “The combination of Megaport’s SDN and ROOT’s data center facilities achieves this by providing customers with a gateway to next-generation hybrid cloud solutions through secure and direct interconnection to leading public CSPs. The partnership makes integrating and scaling cloud environments simple for enterprises, driving agility, cost savings, and business and digital transformation.”

To learn more about ROOT Data Center, visit www.rootdatacenter.com or email jbishop@rootdatacenter.com.

About ROOT Data Center

ROOT is a next-generation data center company that provides both enterprise and wholesale colocation solutions to empower the world’s computing leaders. Its modular design promises optimal agility and efficiency, which enables all customers to scale their technology infrastructure and grow with confidence. Upon completion of its greenfield expansion at MTL-R1, ROOT will offer 65 MW of premium capacity to the Montréal market. Less power to waste, more power to you. For more information, visit www.rootdatacenter.com.

About Megaport

Megaport is the global leading provider of Elastic Interconnection services. Using Software Defined Networking (SDN), the Company’s platform enables customers to rapidly connect their network to other services across the Megaport Network. Services can be directly controlled by customers via mobile devices, their computer, or our open API. Megaport connects over 1000 customers in more than 225 data centers globally. Megaport is an Alibaba Cloud Technology Partner, Oracle Cloud Partner, AWS Technology Partner, AWS Networking Competency Partner, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Partner, Google Cloud Interconnect Partner, IBM Direct Link Cloud Exchange provider, and Salesforce Express Connect Partner.