Equinix Works With AquaComms To Develop High Capacity America Europe Connect

(RTTNews) - Equinix Inc. (EQIX), a data centre services provider, announced Monday that it is working with Aqua Comms Limited, a provider of scalable, subsea capacity-based network solutions, on the deployment of its new transatlantic fiber optic system, America Europe Connect or AEConnect. It is one of the first transatlantic subsea cables built in nearly 15 years to meet increased bandwidth needs for global businesses.

AEConnect, which is scheduled to be ready for service before the end of 2015, spans more than 5,400 km across the Atlantic between Long Island, NY and the West Coast of Ireland with stubbed branching units for future landings. It will provide high capacity connectivity from New York to London and beyond to greater Europe.

Equinix noted that its New York and London International Business Exchange or IBX data center campuses serve as carrier-neutral network access points for AquaComms to connect its low latency subsea cable route.

Earlier this year, Equinix announced that it is boosting interconnection capacity by opening new data centers in five major markets including New York and London.

AquaComms is the owner and operator of the transatlantic cable AEConnect and the Irish Sea cable CeltixConnect, and was established to build, acquire or merge with subsea fiber optic cable networks.