The world’s leading Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX has extended its GlobePEER Remote Service to DE-CIX Marseille. From Q3 2018 on, DE-CIX Marseille customers can use their existing access locally to peer remotely at other DE-CIX locations. So far, the DE-CIX platforms in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Dusseldorf, New York, and Istanbul are interconnected – adding Marseille as a next step.
“Adding GlobePEER Remote to our DE-CIX location in Marseille is just a logical step for us given the strategic importance of Southern Europe. Traditional traffic flows are changing, heading towards Southern Europe, especially the Iberian Peninsula, Marseille and the Mediterranean coast, due to its strategic position and an ever-increasing number of submarine cables landing there. On top, IP traffic will triple worldwide by 2021, and Africa, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific have the strongest traffic growth rates. So DE-CIX is already there, where our interconnection services are needed – now and in the future”, says Theresa Bobis, Director South Europe at DE-CIX.
Launched initially in 2016 between Frankfurt and New York, the GlobePEER Remote service was then progressively expanded to include further locations, resulting in accelerating growth for the service and a fourfold increase in customer demand in the past year.
New TeleGeography Marseille White Paper: the awakening of an interconnection giant
Long-seen as a transit node for international traffic moving between submarine cable systems and terrestrial networks, Marseille is emerging as a strategic point for peering interconnections. Following an initial report in 2015, DE-CIX has commissioned TeleGeography – a leading global telecommunications market research and consulting firm – to re-examine the position of Marseille in the global telecommunications landscape.
In assessing the role of this strategic location, the White Paper reviews international capacity
connected to the city; existing and planned submarine cables in the vicinity; the colocation
market; and other trends that continue to spur interconnection in this hub.
In the two years since TeleGeography first assessed the Marseille peering market for DE-CIX, the
city has seen unparalleled growth in international bandwidth demand. By positioning itself in
Marseille, DE-CIX provides neutral interconnection facilities at the prime intersection between
key subsea routes in the Mediterranean and the continental hubs of Europe.
“As the interconnection environment in Marseille continues to expand, DE-CIX customers can
benefit from increased economies of scale, with access to more than 130 peering partners at
Interxion’s rapidly growing MRS campus alone. The launch of Microsoft’s France South Azure
region will also fuel demand and opportunity in the local IX environment. For customers who
require onward connectivity to Frankfurt or Paris, a plethora of carrier options is available in
Marseille providing onward connectivity at on-net rates that are comparable to route pricing
found in any major European market,” concludes Theresa Bobis regarding the benefits DE-CIX
customers are experiencing. “DE-CIX’s GlobePEER Remote route from Marseille to Frankfurt
provides another connectivity option for customers that require access to the Frankfurt market
as one of the biggest international peering/interconnection ecosystems around the globe but
prefer to keep their colocation footprint in Marseille.”
TeleGeography forecasts robust growth in bandwidth demand between Europe and Asia, the
Middle East and Africa over the next five years. Capacity between Europe and the Middle East
could more than quadruple by 2022 and increase more than 6-fold between Europe and Africa
during the same period.
Source: DE-CIX Press Release
