Global Courant 2023-04-17 15:03:20
AMS-IX (https://www.AMS-IX.net/AMS), one of the largest Internet Exchange operators in the world, and MDXi (https://www.MDX-i.com/), an equinix (https://www.equinix.com/) company, are pleased to announce that they have launched a new Internet Exchange in Lagos, Nigeria.
The new Internet Exchange, AMS-IX Lagos, is located in the carrier-neutral data center of MDXi, an Equinix Company. Under the terms of the partnership, MDXi will serve as AMS-IX’s commercial partner and regional sales and marketing arm for AMS-IX Lagos. AMS-IX will carry out the technical and operational management of the plant.
AMS-IX Lagos aims to become a major content hub for West Africa, enabling regional and local ISPs, carriers and Internet exchanges to collect content from major global Content Delivery Networks, hosting companies and application providers. In the coming months, MDXi, an Equinix Company and AMS-IX will focus on seeking alliances with local telecom operators and IXs and supporting local ecosystems.
AMS-IX Lagos is launching with more than 25 connected networks as AMS-IX and MDXi, an Equinix Company will migrate and onboard the existing West Africa Internet Exchange (WAF-IX) connected networks in the coming month. Connected networks at WAF-IX include major CDNs and application providers such as Cloudflare, Microsoft and Google.
Peter van Burgel, CEO of AMS-IX: “We intend to add value to the local carriers and IXs by attracting even more content players to the region and supporting the local connectivity community. This is a very exciting project for us as we see it as an important stepping stone to bring affordable, low latency internet to the West African region.”
Funke Opeke, President of MDXi, an Equinix company, said, “This partnership enables MDXi to deliver value to the rich ecosystem of network operators, carriers, content providers, cloud service providers and enterprises that we have in the data center. The AMS-IX partnership will help MDXi consolidate its role as a content hub not only for Nigeria, but also for Francophone and Anglophone West and Central Africa.”
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of MDXi.
Press contacts:
AMS-IX
Bram Semeyn
(email protected)
+31 614603927
MDXi, an Equinix company
Nkechi Okoli
(email protected)
+234 (1) 342 2000
About AMS-IX:
AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) is a neutral, member-based association that operates multiple interconnection platforms around the world. Our leading platform in Amsterdam has played a vital role at the heart of the internet for nearly 30 years and is one of the largest internet traffic hubs in the world with over 11 Terabits per second (Tbps) of peak traffic. By connecting to AMS-IX, customers such as internet service providers, telecom companies and cloud providers can route their global IP traffic in an efficient, fast, secure, stable and cost-effective manner. This allows them to provide end users with low latency and engaging online experiences. AMS-IX connects more than 1000 IP networks in the world.
AMS-IX also operates the world’s first mobile peering points: the Global Roaming Exchange (GRX), the Mobile Data Exchange (MDX), and the Internetwork Packet Exchange (I-IPX) interconnection points.
More information: www.ams-ix.net
About MDXi:
MDXi, an Equinix company, is the leading data center company in West Africa. The carrier-neutral data centers with a combined capacity of 5 MW in the key markets of Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast provide access to all leading internet exchanges, network providers and ISPs in the West African region.
More information: https://www.MDX-i.com/
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