Windstream Wholesale has partnered with CoreSite, bringing its fiber facilities to the data center provider’s (BO1) located at 70 Inner Belt Rd., Somerville, Mass.
This new deal immediately enhances the service provider’s ability to address the growing regional customer base of financial, technological, and educational customers.
For CoreSite's customers the expansion means they have access to another option for fiber connectivity and emerging services like wavelengths.
An ideal site
CoreSite’s BO1 facility has many attributes that fit Windstream Wholesale’s expansion efforts well in Boston.
The Boston location offers access to the Lynn Cable Landing Station (CLS), which connects to the Amitié/AEC-3 Subsea Cable—a vital link to international markets through a consortium including significant hyperscalers and international carriers.
"Our expansion into CoreSite’s BO1 data center marks a pivotal step in our commitment to growing our network footprint and strengthening our service offerings in the Boston market," said Joe Scattareggia, president of Windstream Wholesale.
While the CoreSite location in Boston is Windstream Wholesale’s latest data center target, it’s just one of many it has established over the past year.
In April, the provider integrated operations into Alpharetta, Georgia's Ascent Data and Stack Data center.
It also signed similar agreements with DC Blox and EdgeConnex in other regions.
Driving wavelength services
Windstream Wholesale's presence in this data center broadens its market reach and enables customers to leverage its wavelength services.
Windstream Wholesale offers customers various speed options, including 1Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, 10G, 100G, and 400G. Customers can also leverage Ethernet, Optical, and SONET.
According to recent research from Vertical Systems Group (VSG), the growth of AI is a significant factor driving the growth of higher-speed optical wavelength market services.
VSG noted that the escalating surge of AI applications is a significant purchase driver for 100+ Gbps wavelengths.
The research firm said that 400G is also a factor. Customers purchasing 400 Gbps wavelength services include top hyperscalers, financial entities, data centers, media and entertainment companies, and cloud providers.
However, VSG added that U.S. fiber service providers cite low customer demand for 800 Gbps wavelength services.
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