QTS and Telxius aim to deliver lowest latency connectivity between Europe and Latin America
Chad Williams of QTS Realty Trust
Responding to increasing demand for high capacity and low latency connectivity to Europe and South America via the new Marea and Brusa sea cables, QTS Realty Trust, a provider of hybrid colocation and mega-scale data centre solutions, and Telxius, an infrastructure company in the Telefónica Group, report that Telxius has established a key point of presence in QTS’ Richmond mega data centre.
Marea and Brusa are two of the highest capacity, lowest latency subsea cable systems ever built. Marea is a Telxius joint project with Facebook and Microsoft. It has reached 200 terabits per second (Tbps) of ultrahigh transmission capacity that keeps growing and is the highest capacity subsea cable system across the Atlantic connecting Virginia (US) and Sopelana (Spain).
Brusa is a private cable built by Telxius and offers one of the lowest latency communication links between the U.S. and Brazil. Together, these cables provide state-of-the-art connectivity to enable the development of next generation cloud services and content distribution to and from European and Latin American markets.
The cables terminate in the U.S. directly into the new Virginia Beach Cable Landing Station (VBCLS) located in Telxius’ Virginia Beach distribution hub. Telxius is responsible for the operation of the Marea & Brusa cables and leverages its IP, capacity, colocation and security services through it, and extends the backhaul capacity via a high availability multi-homed point of presence in QTS’ Richmond mega data centre.
QTS Richmond is the closest Tier 3 designed data centre to the Marea and Brusa next-generation VBCLS enabling QTS to provide enterprises and hyperscalers with the highest on-net capacity and lowest latency for the entire Marea and Brusa cable system.
In addition, QTS’ mega data centres in Richmond and Ashburn, Va. feature diverse connectivity for cloud and hybrid colocation including carrier-neutral cloud interconnection (Megaport and PacketFabric), multiple fiber routes, third party neutral internet peering exchanges and direct access to cloud ecosystems. This is particularly strategic for international organisations looking for the best route to and from Richmond and other markets with QTS data centers.
Richmond continues to be an attractive destination for enterprises, including Bank of America’s recently expanded operations in Henrico County and Facebook’s construction of a two million square foot data centre adjacent to QTS in White Oak Technology Park.
“The Virginia Beach Cable Landing Station has catapulted Richmond as a destination for enterprises and hyperscalers seeking access to and savings from these ultra-high capacity and low latency international cable systems,” said Chad Williams, CEO. “Telxius’ presence in our Richmond mega data centre combined with direct fiber routes to our new Ashburn data center, establishes QTS as the nexus for high performance hybrid colocation and hyperscale solutions.”
QTS’ mega scale Richmond data centre encompasses a 1.3 million square foot facility on a 220-acre campus. The existing facility features more than 500,000 square feet of raised floor capacity which provides a wide range of IT infrastructure services including significant capacity optimised for hyperscale and hybrid colocation.
“We are very pleased to establish Telxius’ presence in QTS’ mega-scale Richmond data centre as it creates numerous business possibilities for enterprises and hyperscalers with international interests,” said Guillermo Canete, senior network planning director, Telxius.
“We aim at effectively connecting Brusa and Marea to the main data centres in the world and this Tier 3 data centre space, the closest of its kind to the Marea and Brusa landing station in Virginia Beach fits in perfectly with our plans.”
QTS recently opened its new “mega data centre” in Ashburn, Virginia. The new facility is the first three-story data centre in Ashburn and features approximately 180,000 square feet of data centre space, 12 column free data halls, and up to 32 megawatts of critical power optimised for enterprise, hyperscale, and build-to-suit solutions.
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