RICHMOND, Va., April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- QTS Realty
Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS), a leading provider of hybrid
colocation and mega scale data center solutions today announced
that the inaugural summit of the QTS Richmond Network Access Point
(NAP) will be held on May 7 at QTS
Richmond, one of the world's largest data center campuses. QTS
Richmond NAP is a consortium of local, regional, national and
international interests aligned in the common business benefits of
Richmond as a new, ubiquitous
global interconnection hub.
The arrival of the MAREA and BRUSA subsea cables, which are
available in QTS' Richmond mega
data center, is a transformative event opening the European, Latin
and South American markets to the region via the lowest latency and
highest capacity ever deployed between continents. QTS Richmond is
the closest scale data center where these networks are available to
peer with other networks.
The subsea cables provide unmatched global network capacity,
speed and savings for enterprises and hyperscalers and companies
who are no longer required to connect through data centers and
exchanges in Northern Virginia.
The arrival of these subsea cables is expected to be a significant
accelerant for Richmond businesses
and local tech startups while also attracting out-of-region and
international enterprises seeking global connectivity. Industry
giants such as Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Google have
indicated their intention to establish a presence in region to take
advantage of the new opportunity.
While Richmond and Henrico County offer a rich tapestry of
existing fiber networks, internet exchanges and SDN networks, there
is limited awareness of the market's global interconnection,
peering and strategic terrestrial fiber. As result, businesses in
the region have felt compelled to go out of region to secure
connectivity.
The NAP's founding members and key contributors will hold its
inaugural summit to bring together technology industry leaders,
including the world's largest cloud and hyperscale providers, local
enterprise businesses, and state and local officials to educate and
inform on the NAP's local and global business impacts.
High profile companies that will speak at the summit include
Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, NetSkope, Telxius, Seaborn, Megaport
and Packetfabric among others. The event will be held at QTS'
Richmond mega data center and is
free to those who register online here in advance.
MAREA and BRUSA are the highest capacity, lowest latency subsea
cable systems ever built. MAREA is a Telxius joint project with
Facebook and Microsoft. It will reach 200 terabits per second
(Tbps) of ultrahigh transmission capacity and is the highest
capacity subsea cable system across the Atlantic connecting
Virginia (US) and Sopelana
(Spain). This is the equivalent of
being able to download 12,000 HD movies per second, or every movie
ever made in 42 seconds.
"Establishing a global internet hub of any significance occurs
once every 10 or 20 years. Like Marseille, France, and Hillsboro, Oregon, an historic confluence of
technology, networking, and subsea cable interconnection has
established Richmond as a global
technology hub and one of the most important business destinations
on the Internet," said Clint Heiden,
Chief Revenue Officer - QTS. "Investment in the region is
accelerating rapidly. In just two years since the cable landings
deployment, Henrico County has
accounted for 53% of announced statewide investments in Data
Processing and Hosting, compared to 6% during the nine-year period
from 2008 – 2016, according to Mangum Economics."
About QTS
QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading provider of data
center solutions across a diverse footprint spanning more than 6
million square feet of owned mega scale data center space
throughout North America. Through
its software-defined technology platform, QTS is able to deliver
secure, compliant infrastructure solutions, robust connectivity and
premium customer service to leading hyperscale technology
companies, enterprises, and government entities. Visit QTS at
www.qtsdatacenters.com, call toll-free 877.QTS.DATA or follow on
Twitter @DataCenters_QTS.
QTS Contact:
Carter B. Cromley
(703) 861-7245
carter.cromley@qtsdatacenters.com
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