Exponential-e expands its high-speed connectivity to Virtus Data Centres’ LON1 facility

Virtus Data Centres has partnered with technology firm Exponential-e to boost high-speed connectivity options in Virtus’ LON1 data centre. Exponential-e provides direct connectivity to over 42 different UK financial exchanges and trading platforms.

The announcement follows recent expansion by Exponential-e of its network reach to financial venues including BATS Chi-X and London Metal Exchange.


Mukesh Bavisi, Managing Director, Exponential-e, commented: “Exponential-e is committed not only to delivering a robust and resilient carrier-class network’, but also to offering the widest possible range of connectivity locations, particularly to our customers in vertical markets. Our 100GigE core network is the perfect platform for delivering direct, ultra-low latency connectivity into financial exchanges, where speed and reliability are of paramount importance to customers.”

Konstantin Borman, COO, Virtus, commented: “The addition of Exponential-e’s high-speed connectivity in our data centre strengthens our position in serving diverse verticals such as Media, Technology, Finance, Public Sector, Insurance, Leisure and Professional Services. This is increasingly important to our diverse and growing customer and partner base who demand best industry data centre and connectivity services.”


Virtus designs, builds and operates Tier III data centres that offer world-class connectivity with access to diverse high-speed resilient networks. Its infrastructure delivers the highest levels of redundancy, reliability and standards-based operation, with 2N UPS power, N+1 cooling and advanced alarm and monitoring systems.
 

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