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Partnership between Ascenty and DE-CIX expands connectivity in the Brazilian market

Global Internet Exchange operator brings experience from the European market to Brazil

Ascenty, a joint venture between Digital Realty and Brookfield Infrastructure and the largest provider of data center and connectivity services in Latin America, announces a collaboration with DE-CIX, operator of one of the world’s largest Internet Exchanges. Headquartered in Germany, the platform trafficked almost 59 exabytes in 2023 across the more than 20 countries in which it operates. In March of next year, the company will bring its connectivity and traffic exchange services to Ascenty’s SPO04 Data Center, located in a complex with three other mega units.

Like all other Ascenty data centers, SPO04 is carrier neutral and highly connected through a broad ecosystem, with a connection to the company’s own fiber optic network, which totals over 5,000 km.  Through the connections to public clouds offered by DE-CIX and the proximity between networks, it will be possible to expand connection possibilities, reduce latency, and thus improve the end-user experience for critical services such as streaming and real-time access to key content.

For João Walter, Director of Products, Solutions and Edge Strategies at Ascenty, the partnership is an opportunity to deliver connectivity to customers, service providers and platforms. “This broadens market diversity,” he explains. “We want our clients to have connection options. We understand that every business is unique and our role as a neutral data center is to break down barriers so companies can access what their businesses need. Connecting to everything and everyone, regardless of where the information is located, is in our DNA. Ascenty is a passport to access anywhere in the world and DE-CIX will help make it possible,” he states.

Ivo Ivanov, CEO of DE-CIX, highlights the plurality that the partnership brings and explains that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and companies will be able to take advantage of local, regional and international interconnection opportunities, especially with the US and southern Europe, to reach content, cloud and other networks not yet available in Brazil. “This is an exciting step in the evolution of Brazil’s digital transformation and we are proud to be part of it with our valued partner Ascenty,” he emphasizes.

Connectivity opportunities

The partnership enhances connectivity levels by integrating the countries where DE-CIX is already present with ServiceFabric™ – Digital Realty’s orchestration platform. It was recently brought to Brazil by Ascenty and connects applications, artificial intelligence and high-performance workloads, clouds and more than 500 data centers around the world. This allows service providers to connect with customers from a single data center.

In addition to the interconnection solution, the partnership with DE-CIX can also be strengthened by the direct connection between the company’s colocation service, telecommunications network, and different environments within the datacenter. “Ascenty’s is committed to enabling access to platforms that complement infrastructure and colocation strategies,” concludes João Walter.