Wholesale telecoms network operator Enet has agreed a partnership with digital infrastructure platform provider EXA Infrastructure to facilitate high-speed optical network connections between data centres in Dublin and data centres in Europe and North America.
The agreement will enable connections to be made between the capital and 40 key data centres on the EXA Infrastructure network, the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform connecting the two continents in locations including London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Marseilles and Milan and a variety of North American routes.
The National Broadband Plan subcontractor's international wave service will use London-based EXA Infrastructure's backhaul network to deliver connectivity and capacity in data centres for demanding applications such as ultra HD video content and Internet of Things products as well as traffic volumes increase in the future.
International wave will provide circuit capabilities of 10Gbps and 100Gbps with low latency and guaranteed bandwidth as there will be no sharing of connections.
"We’re delighted to announce this new partnership which enables us to deliver the highest quality bandwidth connections from Dublin to a host of major cities across Europe and North America," Cormac Ryan, commercial director of Enert, said.
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"Ireland is a prime location and ideal hub for an ever-increasing number of organisations looking for a European base and providing this high capacity, data connectivity into and out of Ireland is key to serving the incredible growth in demand for secure international data connections.
"We’re excited to be able to provide our customers with solutions that enhance international data access given the rise in need for capabilities in data centres and cloud-based applications."
Ciaran Delaney, chief operating officer of EXA Infrastructure, said: "The quality and resiliency of long-haul networks connecting datacentres across countries and continents has become absolutely critical as digital workloads increase, and where and how we work continues to evolve.
"Our close collaboration with Enet allows its Irish customer base secure access to the EXA high-capacity network where they most need connectivity, predominantly into Europe in line with the increased growth and bandwidth demands we are seeing in today’s market.
"We are committed to partnerships that enable customers to access to our expansive network, and are also committed to investing in strategic expansions and further optimisations and enhancements of our critical Subsea and terrestrial infrastructure."
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