EXA Infrastructure expands network connectivity to the Middle East and India with Cinturion partnership

EXA Infrastructure today announced a partnership to connect its ultra-low-latency, high-speed connectivity digital infrastructure to Cinturion’s TEAS – Trans Europe Asia System. Cinturion has chosen EXA to land one of its dual path connections of the TEAS in Pescara, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, to provide the lowest latency and most diversely routed links.

EXA Infrastructure expands network connectivity to the Middle East and India with Cinturion partnership

Key takeaways

  • EXA Infrastructure has partnered with Cinturion to connect its digital infrastructure to TEAS, the Trans Europe Asia System
  • Cinturion has chosen EXA to land one of TEAS’s dual path connections in Pescara, on Italy’s Adriatic coast
  • TEAS strengthens connectivity between India, the Middle East and Europe via two open access links, one via the Red Sea and one via Jordan
  • EXA will deliver new multi-fibre Italian routes from Pescara to Rome and Milan in a ring design
  • Nicholas Collins and Bill Marra describe the partnership as a significant step for routing digital traffic between Europe, the Middle East and India

Partnership with Cinturion’s TEAS

EXA Infrastructure, the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platform connecting Europe and North America, today announced a partnership to connect its ultra-low-latency, high-speed connectivity digital infrastructure to Cinturion’s TEAS – Trans Europe Asia System.

TEAS lands in Pescara

Cinturion has chosen EXA to land one of its dual path connections of the TEAS in Pescara, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, to provide the lowest latency and most diversely routed links. Two separate open access sub-sea and terrestrial links cross the Middle Eastern region, one via the Red Sea, and the other via Jordan, continuing along the Arabian Peninsula and under the Arab Gulf and Indian Ocean. TEAS aims to provide an alternative to global data traffic patterns with cutting-edge digital infrastructure that strengthens connectivity between India, the Middle East and Europe.

TEAS route facts

  • Two separate open access sub-sea and terrestrial links cross the Middle Eastern region
  • One link via the Red Sea, the other via Jordan, along the Arabian Peninsula and under the Arab Gulf and Indian Ocean
  • One of the dual path connections lands in Pescara, on Italy’s Adriatic coast
  • Aims to provide an alternative to global data traffic patterns between India, the Middle East and Europe

Comment from Nicholas Collins

“Connecting these two expansive infrastructure assets is a significant step forward for the routing of digital traffic between Europe, the Middle East and India,” EXA Infrastructure’s Chief Commercial Officer, said Nicholas Collins. “At Pescara, EXA will provide a direct link into a network with the broadest geographic footprint in Europe, with the highest level of resiliency bolstered by additional new fibre in Italy. This is the latest investment by our business as we work to provide the best and broadest long-haul digital infrastructure in Europe.”

A milestone for both companies

The partnership represents a further strategic milestone for both companies in their investments to expand routes, provide increased bandwidth to customers across international markets and deliver global reach.

Comment from Bill Marra

“EXA is the strongest partner for connecting TEAS to the eastern Italian coast because of its enormous experience in delivering complex infrastructure for cable landing stations and its reputation for success with such high-stakes engineering projects. This partnership brings together one of the largest, most advanced open-access networks by reaching emerging markets and providing a new corridor that seamlessly connects Europe, the Middle East and India” said Bill Marra, Chief Commercial Officer, Cinturion.

Pescara as a digital traffic hub

The EXA landing station at Pescara will become one of Europe’s busiest digital traffic hubs, enabling data from TEAS links to routes across EXA’s network footprint across Europe and beneath the North Atlantic. EXA will also deliver new multi-fibre Italian routes from Pescara to Rome and Milan in a ring design, creating further resilience. This strategic project aims at supplying a broad-range of global customers - including content providers, telecom carriers, and large enterprises with demanding connectivity and security needs - enabling responsive customer-controlled applications directly from data centres.

Frequently asked questions

Who is EXA Infrastructure?

We own and operate 180,000 route km of fibre and duct across 31 countries, with nine transatlantic cable systems connecting Europe and North America. Backed by I Squared Capital, and run as a pure-play infrastructure company, independent of any hyperscaler or cloud.

What does EXA Infrastructure sell?

Dark Fibre, Spectrum, Wavelengths and Ethernet on routes we own, a Managed Fibre Network (MFN) where we run the network on your behalf, colocation at cable landing stations and amplifier sites, and technical services from design and build to full network outsourcing.

Where does the network reach?

Across Europe and the Atlantic: terrestrial routes from the Nordics to the Mediterranean and the Balkans, nine transatlantic systems into North America, and corridors extending east toward the Caucasus.

Who does EXA Infrastructure serve?

Hyperscalers, NeoClouds and content platforms, carriers and service providers, financial markets, and governments and critical infrastructure operators: organisations that want the physical layer on their own terms.

How do you buy from EXA Infrastructure?

Long-term IRUs to hold capacity outright, flexible leases without the long commitment, or fully managed services. The model is yours to pick; the network is the same either way.

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