(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In response to both local and international demand, fiber-based communications services provider Level 3 Communications (www.level3.com) has significantly expanded its metro fiber network in Dublin to link five carrier-neutral data centers, providing new services and greater access to the Level 3 Tier 1 IP backbone.
According to Level 3’s Thursday announcement, Level 3 will initially offer wave and IP connectivity to the Level 3 network using 10 Gigabit extensions at five Dublin data centers including a Telecity data center on Kingswood Road, an eircom facility in the north of Dublin, two Interxion facilities in Park West Business Park, and a Data Electronics Services data center in Kilcarbery Business Park.
“Telecommunications infrastructure can factor heavily into a company’s decision to locate to or stay within a given city,” Ovum Wholesale Telecoms senior analyst H. Paris Burstyn said in a statement. “By aggressively expanding its connectivity in Dublin, Level 3 is positioning itself as a significant global telecoms partner in the city and adding value to Dublin’s economic development proposition.”
Level 3 expects that its Dublin network will connect additional centers in the coming year.
“Dublin is already home to a number of major technology companies with considerable bandwidth and connectivity demands,” Level 3 European markets president James Heard said in a statement. “When we looked at that demand, combined with the attractive climate in Dublin right now for international businesses, it made sense for Level 3 to substantially increase its presence in the city and offer greater access to our network.”
Level 3′s Dublin metro expansion is the latest in an effort by the company to increase its presence in its current European markets, and invest in greater connectivity and service offerings in new markets.
Earlier this month, Level 3 and global data center services provider Equinix (www.equinix.com) opened a new access node in Equinix’s London 4/London5 (LD4/5) data center campus on the outskirts of London, linking the Equinix LD4/5 campus directly with three of Level 3’s transatlantic routes to New York. This access node, in effect, will help improve diversity and lower the latency on the route between the UK and North America.
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