C&W Networks Selects Cologix to Unlock Traditional Connections Between North and South America

DENVER, CO and JACKSONVILLE, FL and MIAMI, FL--(Marketwired - Jul 21, 2016) - Cologix™, a network neutral interconnection and data center company, announced today that C&W Networks, a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Communications, (C&W), one of the largest full service communications and entertainment providers in the Caribbean and Latin America region, has invested in the most advanced data center in its region by deploying a Point of Presence (PoP) in Cologix's JAX1 data center in Jacksonville (Florida) to further enhance C&W Networks' ongoing commitment in offering customers multiple routes for their traffic ecosystem and a robust industry leading network. Through their deployment in Cologix's Meet-Me-Room, C&W Networks can connect peers and customers to both their subsea and terrestrial networks. Last year, C&W Networks announced it was a member of the Pacific and Caribbean Cable System (PCCS) operating a 3,700 mile subsea cable system with its landing in the United States directly in Jacksonville. The submarine cable connects Aruba, Colombia, Curacao, Ecuador, Panama, Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands and Tortola, and then terminates in Jacksonville, Florida. 

Cologix operates the most connected data center and the Meet-Me-Room (JAX1) in the 421 W. Church carrier hotel. Cologix's JAX1 facility offers connectivity to 30+ LECS, MSOs, backbone networks, regional fiber networks, long haul dark fiber network, ISPs, content providers and cloud service providers. Cologix recently connected JAX1 to its enterprise grade data center at 4800 Spring Park Rd, JAX2, via a diverse dark fiber ring. The combined data center platform provides networks direct access to the largest and growing set of enterprises in the region and significant space and power capacity for growth. 

"Jacksonville is gaining a reputation as one of the key peering and interconnection points in North America providing cross-border opportunities and diversity which are important in network design. Our customers are recognizing that Jacksonville is part of another regional alternative for traffic between North and South America. We are very proud to be the central and only hub in the region connecting all of the subsea cables and major network providers to each other," stated Graham Williams, chief operating officer, Cologix.