DE-CIX, a growing Internet Exchange (IX) operator, has tapped Nokia to upgrade its New York backbone network, one of the largest in the state and the Northeast region.
The platform covers Long Island to the East, Piscataway and Edison to the South and West, and connects over 265 networks across the city. Its infrastructure spans over 40 data centers.
A big part of this deployment is ensuring resiliency. The DE-CIX backbone will be upgraded to 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) using Nokia optical technology and redesigned in a ring topology. According to DE-CIX, it will redundantly interconnect the 10 data center facilities where DE-CIX infrastructure is housed and enhance the platform's resiliency for all participants.
Within a dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) system, the ROADM technology in Nokia’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) automatically reroutes waves at the optical layer in any direction around the backbone. Incidents at any location in the network can be mitigated more rapidly, and less capacity is required at the IP layer to guarantee the same level of resilience.
Preparing for growth
Nokia’s optical solution also enables 800GE support for anticipated further growth of the IX.
It employs Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) technology to ensure much greater routing flexibility, faster reaction times in the case of incidents, and a seamless customer experience without any service interruptions.
Ed d’Agostino, Vice President of DE-CIX North America, said, “This upgrade, powered by Nokia’s optical technology, allows us to future-proof our platform to serve the New York market best and start 2025 on track for further growth.”
Accommodating reach
The New York IX is part of a broader ecosystem of exchanges that DE-CIX supports.
DE-CIX New York is connected to all other DE-CIX locations in North America, enabling remote peering and access to a vibrant ecosystem of networks not present in other local exchanges.
The DE-CIX Internet and Cloud Exchanges in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Richmond, Houston, and Phoenix and the dedicated Cloud Exchange in Seattle form one of North America’s largest carrier—and data center-neutral interconnection ecosystems.
However, DE-CIX’s presence is not relegated to the United States.
DE-CIX New York is directly connected to DE-CIX’s locations in Europe –DE-CIX Frankfurt, the largest IX in Europe—and beyond. Since its launch in 1995, DE-CIX has offered its interconnection services in nearly 60 locations across Europe, Africa, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia.
DE-CIX’s IX, accessible from data centers in over 600 cities worldwide, interconnects thousands of network operators, Internet service providers (ISPs), content providers, and enterprise networks from more than 100 countries and offers peering cloud and other interconnection services.
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