With this partnership, Colt Data Centre Services will offer its customers the broad portfolio of DE-CIX premium interconnection services. These include GlobePEER, MetroVLAN, GlobePEER Remote and DirectCLOUD.
"We are seeing an increase in demand from global cloud and content providers, that are searching for a connection with DE-CIX in Frankfurt. Colt Data Centre Services is the ideal partner to extend our services to such players. These customers will unquestionably benefit from our combined expertise," said Dr Thomas King, Chief Innovation Officer at DE-CIX.
“The availability of Internet Exchanges with our data centres is something that we are actively enhancing on an on-going basis. It’s testament to our commitment to delivering a solid connectivity offering to our customers. Providing direct connectivity into IX operators is crucial for the cloud and managed service providers who reside in our data centres. Having the capability to connect is reassuring to our customers, knowing that they are working with a trusted partner with a diverse connectivity portfolio. We are delighted to be welcoming DE-CIX into our Frankfurt 1 data centre and broadening our portfolio for customers,” commented Matthew Cantwell, Director of Portfolio Propositions at Colt Data Centre Services.
With 5.6 Terabits per second peak traffic DE-CIX Frankfurt is the world’s leading IX, spreading its presence to more than 20 data centers and different operators in the city of Frankfurt. Its technical infrastructure has a total capacity of 48 terabits. More than 700 national and international customers in 60 countries rely on the interconnection services in Frankfurt. Most recently, DE-CIX set a new record of 25 terabits of connected capacity, up from 22.6 terabits at the end of 2016.
