Frankfurt (Main)/Munich, July 3, 2018. DE-CIX, the world's leading Internet Exchange operator, is expanding its presence in the Bavarian capital of Munich. DE-CIX services – such as DirectCLOUD, GlobePEER, GlobePEER Remote, and MetroVLAN – are now also available in the data center of EMC HostCo GmbH. This makes EMC HostCo's data center the third “DE-CIX enabled site” in Munich. With this step, DE-CIX is further pursuing its expansion strategy in the core market of Germany.
“Munich is home to a diverse and broad range of global players and SMEs, large companies and start-ups, which makes it a very important location for DE-CIX strategically. Strengthening our presence there through new partnerships – such as that with EMC HostCo – is therefore an absolute priority,” says Dr. Thomas King, Chief Innovation Officer at DE-CIX.
“Our partnership with DE-CIX is a potent indicator of Munich's digital heartbeat and a perfect complement to the strategy of our connectivity hub,” states Bernhard Huter, CEO at EMC HostCo.
DE-CIX in Munich is one of its five locations in Germany (Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin, and Frankfurt) and one of 13 locations worldwide. DE-CIX in Frankfurt is the world's largest Internet Exchange with over 6.4 Terabits data throughput per second.
Source: De-cix press release