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Interxion : A Digital Realty Company , to deliver submarine cable gateway to Europe
Internet access on-demand across PCCW Global ’ s leading Tier 1 IP network .
Interxion ’ s Marseille campus is one of the world ’ s leading digital hubs for intercontinental data traffic , with a thriving community of numerous connectivity providers , digital media and cloud segments along with local and global enterprises , providing customers a strong foundation to execute their Digital Transformation strategies and scale globally .
Interxion : A Digital Realty Company and leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data centre solutions , has signed an agreement with PCCW GLOBAL to locate the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe ( PEACE ) subsea cable system ’ s termination and interconnection equipment in Interxion ’ s MRS2 data centre in Marseille , France . The collaboration will enable low-latency access to over 160 connectivity providers along with multiple content , cloud , gaming and video streaming platforms .
The high-speed , 15,000km PEACE subsea cable system will offer high-capacity , lowlatency routes connecting China , Europe and Africa . In addition to France , the cable will land in Malta , Cyprus , Egypt , Djibouti , Kenya , Pakistan and other countries and regions with onward terrestrial connectivity to China .
The PEACE cable will be the 15th subsea cable system to land in Marseille , further enhancing the value of Network Hubs deployed on PlatformDIGITAL , Digital Realty ’ s global infrastructure solution , in the region as enterprises seek greater resiliency and performance for interconnecting global workflows . The collaboration represents a strategic expansion of both PlatformDIGITAL and Console Connect , PCCW Global ’ s Software Defined Interconnection platform .
Both platforms enable new and existing customers to deploy and manage hybrid IT services quickly and efficiently .
Console Connect is available to Interxion customers at MRS1 , MRS2 and MRS3 , providing them with instant access to a global ecosystem of cloud , SaaS , UcaaS , IX and IoT partners , as well as extended coverage to more than 400 data centres in 47 countries worldwide . Interxion customers in Marseille can also access Console Connect ’ s new Internet On-Demand service , which offers high-performance
“ Interxion ’ s fluid interconnection environment in Marseille enables the PEACE subsea cable to efficiently service the needs of the vibrant community of interest on the campus , while extending the system ’ s reach to additional markets such as Frankfurt and Paris ,” said Sameh Sobhy , Managing Director , Middle East , Turkey and Africa at PCCW Global .
“ Selecting the right data centre in Europe for the PEACE subsea cable to interconnect with is a critical component to ensure the project ’ s commercial success . We know that with Interxion we have made the right strategic decision ,” said Sun Xiaohua , Chief Operating Officer of the PEACE Cable International Network Co .
The PEACE system will provide the most direct and high-capacity route from Asia to Europe . These features , combined with exceptionally low latency , are vitally important for a wide-array of commercial and consumer applications .
Moreover , PEACE deploys a state-of-theart ‘ system within a system ’ configuration that gives each party the required flexibility to design its own subsystem with reconfigurable bandwidth for different points over the lifetime of the cable . p
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