Internet Exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX, which calls itself “home to the largest carrier and data center neutral interconnection ecosystem in North America,” announced last week the official opening of DE-CIX Richmond Internet Exchange. The formal launch was attended by Virginia state, national, and international dignitaries, including Vint Cerf, the ‘Father of the Internet’ and Chief Evangelist at Google, and the Secretary of Administration of Virginia, Lyn McDermid.
DE-CIX Richmond, which sports the award-winning DE-CIX Apollon interconnection platform technology, was formally opened as part of the IEIC Global NAP Summit 2.0, hosted by The Internet Ecosystem Innovation Committee, together with DE-CIX and other partners. The Internet Exchange offers direct, low-latency connectivity, serving networks of all kinds and provides specialist interconnection services for the needs of enterprises in industries like finance, automotive, healthcare, logistics and retail. The interconnection services available include direct connectivity to clouds and business applications sourced from the cloud, such as Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Dynamics, as well as Closed User Groups for creating bespoke environments for exclusive and secure data exchange between business partners along the value chain.
“We are thrilled to bring our platform to this very important market, supporting the further digital transformation of Virginia,” comments Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX. “Not only traditional network providers, but also enterprises – in Virginia and beyond – are in search of simplified, flexible, secure, and high-performance solutions that support their connectivity needs in an agile manner, now and for the future. DE-CIX Richmond delivers robust and low-latency connectivity to clouds and other networks, serving local, national, and international network operators. DE-CIX Richmond is key to creating more distributed and diverse ecosystems on the East Coast, bringing connectivity solutions into the closest proximity of businesses and users.”
Directly connected to DE-CIX New York – the 5th largest IX in the US, achieving more than a terabit per second of traffic at peak times – DE-CIX Richmond offers connectivity between Richmond and the operator’s other North American IXs in New York, Dallas, Phoenix, and Chicago.
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