AMS-IX Puts in a PoP at Telx San Francisco

AMS-IX USA Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the Amsterdam Internet Exchange, is opening an AMS-IX Bay Area Point of Presence (PoP) within Telx’s SFR1 data center in San Francisco.

The partnership offers peering opportunities to connected parties on the AMS-IX platform, including customers that are located in other data center facilities.  Customers of AMS-IX Bay Area can also locate and / or expand their equipment in SFR1.

“The large group of potential and existing AMS-IX USA customers housed within Telx’s SFR1 facility, combined with the spacious, state-of-the-art design of the colocation space, make it the ideal location to expand the AMS-IX Bay Area platform and grow our community,” said Job Witteman, CEO at AMS-IX.  “Furthermore, Telx is a proven partner with more than a decade of experience in the US colocation and interconnection market, with whom we are greatly pleased to be extending our relationship.”

AMS-IX Bay Area provides a physical platform – deployed within three data center facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area – where parties can meet to exchange Internet-related traffic with one another. In addition to AMS-IX Bay Area, AMS-IX USA Inc. operates AMS-IX New York and AMS-IX Chicago.

“Our partnership with AMS-IX USA to open a new AMS-IX Bay Area PoP within the SFR1 facility demonstrates Telx’s commitment to fueling infrastructure, interconnection and business progress,” said Chris Downie, CEO at Telx. “The neutral and distributed Internet exchange model will bring the interconnection market in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area enormous value, while attracting more customers and stimulating job growth and innovation in the region.”