Key takeaways
- Digital Realty and EXA Infrastructure have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand EXA’s fiber infrastructure to Digital Realty’s data centers across the Mediterranean
- Digital Realty’s relationship with EXA has grown to 14 metros globally following deployments in Dublin, Paris and Zagreb
- Telegeography notes international bandwidth in southern Europe has seen over 30% compound annual growth since 2016, an increase of almost 200%
- Steve Roberts of EXA calls the Mediterranean a key and strategic location to the growth plan
- Jan-Pieter Anten of Digital Realty says the MoU expands PlatformDIGITAL® coverage in the region
Digital Realty and EXA sign an MoU
Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, today announced a signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EXA Infrastructure (EXA), the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform connecting Europe and North America. The strategic collaboration will facilitate the expansion of EXA’s fiber infrastructure to Digital Realty’s data centers across the Mediterranean region, bolstering its connectivity infrastructure.
Following EXA’s recent deployments in Digital Realty’s sites in Dublin, Paris and Zagreb, Digital Realty's relationship with EXA has grown to 14 metros globally, enabling the business to deploy its services in multiple markets and place infrastructure next to major peering points across Europe and the US. The signed MoU signals for the future expansion to new markets across the Mediterranean, including Barcelona, Heraklion in Crete, Athens, as well as other locations where Digital Realty has announced land acquisitions and future constructions of new data centers.
Where the partnership is heading
- Barcelona
- Heraklion in Crete
- Athens
- Other locations where Digital Realty has announced land acquisitions and future constructions of new data centers
Comment from Steve Roberts
“We’re delighted to expand our strategic partnership with Digital Realty to further enhance connectivity between data centers across Europe and North America with the Mediterranean a key and strategic location to this growth plan,” said Steve Roberts, Vice President Network Investments at EXA Infrastructure. “EXA is continually enhancing our network through investments and partnerships to ensure we’re at the forefront of powering our customers’ connectivity through diversifying our network and servicing traffic demands.”
Why the Mediterranean matters
Digital Realty’s investments in carrier-neutral colocation facilities in the Mediterranean are aligned with the expansion of EXA’s terrestrial and submarine fiber optic cable system, bringing together new capacity, additional diversity, and increased resilience across the region. Through the extension of this strategic partnership, enterprises and service providers will be able to seamlessly interconnect and serve the Mediterranean region in a more efficient manner while expanding their digital services to new geographies.
The Mediterranean region plays a key role in the global digital economy, with new aligned investments in data centers, terrestrial networks, and submarine cable systems interconnecting Europe with the Americas to the west, Africa to the south, and the Middle East and Asia to the east. Telegeography notes that international bandwidth in southern Europe has seen over 30% compound annual growth since 2016, representing an overall increase in transmission capacity to the region of almost 200%.
Comment from Jan-Pieter Anten
Jan-Pieter Anten, Co-Managing Director EMEA, Digital Realty commented: “The need to exchange data has resulted in the Mediterranean region establishing itself as a critical area of interconnectivity between Europe and the rest of the world through its highly connected network of subsea cables. The signing of this MoU bolsters our strategic relationship with EXA Infrastructure and represents a crucial step forward in the expansion of PlatformDIGITAL® coverage in the region, further supporting our customers in deploying their critical services via Digital Realty’s orchestration platform ServiceFabric™ across the Mediterranean and around the world as the need for data-driven services continues to ramp up globally.”
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 28 countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
