Arelion's diverse suburban ring enhances
Atlanta metro network connectivity
in Douglas County and
beyond
STOCKHOLM, July 13,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arelion today announced the
expansion of its Atlanta metro
network and new connectivity to the surrounding areas in
Douglas County with the addition
of a Point of Presence (PoP) in Switch ATLANTA, Switch's data center facility located
at its Keep Campus in Lithia Springs,
Georgia. Switch (NYSE: SWCH) is the independent leader
in exascale data center ecosystems, edge data center designs,
industry-leading telecommunications solutions and next-generation
technology innovation. This expansion enables access to
Arelion's number one Internet Backbone, AS1299, providing users and
businesses with diverse, direct, high-speed connectivity options at
the network edge. The most recent expansion reduces the need for
routing through downtown Atlanta,
offering enhanced speed and diversity connecting suburban scale
campuses to support ongoing growth.
- Other key insights of this Atlanta metro network expansion:
- Arelion has completed a new long haul route connecting Switch's
campus in Lithia Springs, west of
downtown Atlanta in the
Northeastern region of Douglas
County, to Ashburn and
Dallas networks via Chattanooga as well as connecting the growth
hub to the new Atlanta metro
expansion.
- These new metro investments add connection diversity to
Arelion's existing network routes into downtown Atlanta. These include routes from
Ashburn, VA via Charlotte, NC and from Tampa, Houston and Chicago via Nashville.
- Douglas County has seen rapid
data center investment in recent years, with over $4 billion spent since 2015. Arelion's investment
reinforces the area as a rapidly growing data center hub.
- Arelion's expansion means 5 diverse long-haul routes provide
optimal resilience and scale for data traffic serving the
Atlanta area, serving unique cloud
deployments and availability zones with routing flexibility.
Arelion has invested in these new Atlanta metro networks to meet the
accelerating demand for high-capacity bandwidth in the region. With
this increased demand, Switch campuses offer Arelion's high-speed,
secure internet backbone to meet the growing connectivity needs of
their end users. Wholesale customers now have access to scalable,
interconnected hubs with sustainable connectivity.
"The expansion is in response to the need and demand for
high-capacity bandwidth in the region," said Art Kazmierczak, Director of Business and
Network Development, Arelion. "Our continued investment helps
further establish the Atlanta
metro area as one of the top connectivity hubs in the country.
Specifically, the hyperscale campus expansions in Douglas County and Lithia Springs help relieve some of the strain
on the legacy carrier hotels in the area without compromising
performance speed, connectivity diversity or bandwidth
capabilities."
Through this Atlanta metro
network expansion, Arelion is fulfilling its global connectivity
vision with continued growth in North American markets, allowing
historically underserved businesses and end-users access to
high-speed, direct fiber-enabled Internet service at the network
edge.
"Having Arelion join our exascale data center ecosystem in
Atlanta allows us additional
options to provide our customers with the high quality, low latency
and diverse network services they demand," said Scott Gutierrez, SVP of Connectivity,
Switch.
Businesses in the Atlanta metro
area can now take advantage of Arelion's number one ranked global
backbone, AS1299, as well as the local availability of high-speed
IP Transit, Cloud Connect, DDoS Mitigation, Ethernet and IPX
services for operators, content providers and enterprises
alike.
About Arelion
Arelion solves global connectivity challenges for multinational
enterprises whose businesses rely on digital infrastructure. On top
of the world's #1 ranked IP backbone and a unique ecosystem of
cloud and network service providers, we provide an award-winning
customer experience to customers in more than 125 countries
worldwide. Our global Internet services connect more than 700
cloud, security and content providers with low latency. For further
resilience, our private Cloud Connect service connects directly to
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and
Oracle cloud across North America,
Europe and Asia. Discover more at Arelion.com, and follow
us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Contacts
Arelion
Martin Sjögren, Senior Manager PR and Analyst Relations
+46 (0)707 770 522
martin.sjogren@arelion.com
Media Contact
Jennifer Hodorowicz, Engage PR for
Arelion
+1 919 622 4307
jhodorowicz@engagepr.com
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