(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Lexent Metro Connect (www.lexent.net), which provides dark fiber networks in the New York Metropolitan area, has completed an ultra-low latency dark fiber route for global data center services provider Equinix (www.equinix.com), connecting two Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers in Secaucus, New Jersey, and carrier hotels strategically located in Manhattan.
According to Equinix’s Wednesday announcement, the new dark fiber route follows the shortest distance across the Hudson River, offering the lowest latency fiber path between Equinix’s Manhattan carrier hotels and its NY4 and NY2 centers in Secaucus.
“By utilizing Lexent Metro Connect, the financial community operating within our NY4 and NY2 centers in Secaucus can tap into fast, high-quality dark fiber routes to securely access New York’s carrier hotels,” Equinix business development director John Knuff said in a statement. “This provides them with optimized, low-latency links to New York City’s financial exchanges and other key investment buildings.”
With a route latency of less than 100 microseconds, this new link will enable global banks, financial exchanges and other enterprises, located in the 100+ Lexent on-net buildings or along the Lexent fiber optic backbone, to link with the Equinix Financial eXchange (financial.equinix.com) community of execution venues, buy and sell side firms, market data providers and technology utilities operating within the NY4 and NY2 centers.
“Latency is arguably one of the most important factors driving financial firms’ metro network decisions today,” said Ray La Chance, President and CEO of Lexent Metro Connect. “We have seen a surge in financial firms requesting private dark fiber solutions utilizing shorter optical routes, and with no mid-span equipment. In response, Lexent has built upon its core regional dark fiber footprint, removing the ‘fiber variable’ and allowing its clients to deploy latency optimized applications unparalleled by comparable carrier solutions.”
Last month, Equinix made a major announcement when it said it would buy data center rival Switch and Data (www.switchanddata.com) for approximately $689 million in cash and stock, solidifying its position as the dominant force in the North American market.
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