A map from AboveNet's website shows its connectivity in the New Jersey area
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Connectivity solutions provider AboveNet (www.above.net) announced on Wednesday that it has provided fiber connectivity into DuPont Fabros Technology (www.dft.com) wholesale data center in New Jersey. AboveNet is already connected to its facilities in Northern Virgnia and Chicago, and is currently in the process of building out to its latest development in Santa Clara, California.
According to the press release, AboveNet used DFT’s “underground and secure 3-level conduit bank system” to deploy equipment at DFT’s NJ1 data center, establishing an IP and Metro Ethernet POP. With this connection, customers within NJ1 will be able to connect to two major carrier hotels located in the New York City Metro area.
“Our customers must have access to scalable, diverse high bandwidth connectivity with no network interruptions,” Hossein Fateh, president and chief executive officer for DuPont Fabros Technology said in a statement. “AboveNet has and continues to provide high performance fiber optic networks for our customers’ mission critical business applications.”
DFT says its customers can access AboveNet’s fiber optic network infrastructure that includes 2.3 million fiber miles, a network spanning approximately 12,000 route miles and a Tier 1 IP backbone.
“We focus exclusively on the needs of the high bandwidth customer, so we designed our network to reach key Internet hub cities and markets with a high concentration of web-centric businesses, financial services organizations and enterprises with a multinational presence,” Bill LaPerch, president and chief executive officer for AboveNet stated. “We are pleased to work with DuPont Fabros Technology to bring this extensive network to their enterprise and carrier customers.”
Earlier this year, AboveNet named Rajiv Datta chief operating officer.
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