EdgeConneX says that Telia Carrier will become the latest network operator to provide interconnection to tenants of the EdgeConneX Edge Data Center in San Diego. The move further extends the relationship between the two companies, which has seen Telia Carrier connect into EdgeConneX edge data centers in 27 markets around the world (see "EdgeConneX to offer access to Telia Carrier network, interconnection points").
The San Diego facility was designed to provide secure colocation for customers seeking to deliver content and applications to local-market consumers at the lowest possible latency. “San Diego's tech sector is a source for optimism among colocation providers,” wrote Dan Thompson, research director for 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, in the February 2020 Market Forecast: Southern California Leased Datacenter Market. “The area is increasingly becoming a hotbed for startups and given that startups are likely to go straight to the cloud or leverage services rather than collocation, that trend dovetails with most San Diego providers' heavy focus on cloud and managed services.”
“Telia Carrier will support the increased demand for high-capacity services, providing reliable, high-performance connectivity for both established and start-up businesses that are entering the San Diego market, as well as the fast-growing markets to the south in Mexico,” commented Art Kazmierczak, director of business and network development at Telia Carrier. “We value the reputation, expertise and approach taken by EdgeConneX to data center infrastructure and management and are excited to accelerate growth of the ecosystem in the region.”
San Diego will join such markets as Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis, Santa Clara, Phoenix, Portland, and Salt Lake City where Telia Carrier has linked into an EdgeConneX edge data center. The network services provider also has deployed its Cloud Connect software-defined interconnection platform at these PoPs.
“Telia Carrier continues to be an ideal partner for EdgeConneX,” stated Brian Bellis, vice president of global edge data center and network sales at EdgeConneX. “The company’s global IP backbone is highly regarded throughout the industry and is much sought-after by global content providers, gaming companies and hyperscalers expanding throughout the world, and the IP connectivity that they bring is critical to our ecosystem.”