(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center and Internet exchange services provider Switch and Data (www.switchanddata.com) announced on Wednesday that dark fiber networks provider Lexent Metro Connect (www.lexent.net) has joined Switch and Data’s GeoReach program.
Lexent Metro Connect also completed its construction of a low-latency dark fiber network route to Switch and Data’s North Bergen site located at 5851 Westside Avenue in New Jersey.
Lexent provides dark fiber interconnectivity between Switch and Data’s North Bergen and 111 Eighth Avenue in New York, colocation sites and other leading New York Metro data centers and financial exchanges.
This critical, low-latency interconnectivity provides high performance access for Switch and Data’s customers in both facilities.
The announcement follows Lexent Metro Connect’s connection of two Equinix International Business Exchange data centers in Secaucus, New Jersey, and carrier hotels located in Manhattan.
“Providing reliable connectivity services and affordable network solutions are com,” says Ray La Chance, president and CEO of Lexent Metro Connect. “With our ultra low-latency dark fiber routes, Switch and Data clients can benefit from secure, high-bandwidth connectivity, cost effectively compared to traditional carrier options such as Ethernet private-line connectivity.”
Switch and Data’s GeoReach program is a select group of providers who have designed their networks to meet the needs of the high-frequency trading community, providing paths from Switch and Data’s Financial EcoCenters to each of the regional liquidity providers .
These financial companies can focus on their core operations and add each new ATS or Exchange “using a low cost, minimal footprint, while still maintaining ultra low-latency communication across the financial markets,” according to the press release.
Switch and Data’s EcoCenters aggregate an ecosystem of the pre- and post-trade service provider, buy-side and sell-side communities into Switch and Data sites located close to the major liquidity providers in New York and Toronto.
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