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DAY 1 THE INCOMPAS SHOW
Lumos Networks Lights up EdgeConneX’s Edge Data
Lumos Networks Corp., a fiber-based
infrastructure provider in the mid-
Atlantic region, announced it has
extended fiber connectivity into the
EdgeConneX Edge Data Center in Norfolk, Va.
This marks the 35th data center, including
seven company-owned colocation facilities,
connected to Lumos Networks’ 8,607-route-
mile fiber network and the first in the company’s
expansion market of Norfolk/Hampton Roads, Va.
The company’s network expansion announced
in November 2014, which also includes the
Richmond, Va., metro markets, is estimated to
increase the total company’s enterprise address-
able market by $135 million, an increase of 60
percent compared to its core markets.
Lumos Networks already has secured one
customer contract into the EdgeConneX facility
and has begun to market its capabilities for
secure advanced fiber connectivity to its approxi-
mately 1,200 enterprise customers.
The EdgeConneX facility, located at 3800 Village
Ave., Suite C in Norfolk, is a tier-3, high availability
data center with more than 100,00 square feet total
and an expansion capability to 10MW’s.
“Lumos’ connectivity complements our
mission to place edge data center infrastruc-
ture as close to end users as possible in order
to maximize performance,” said Clint Heiden,
chief commercial officer, at EdgeConneX.
“Our content and cloud provider customers
can combine EdgeConneX premium facilities
with Lumos premium network service for a
high-speed data delivery infrastructure that’s
right in the backyard of Norfolk-area Internet
users. With their strong footprint in Norfolk,
throughout Virginia, and across the mid-
Atlantic region, Lumos is an ideal connectivity
partner for us.”
This data center connection leverages Lumos
Networks’ 822-fiber-route-mile expansion in the
state of Virginia, including 270 route miles of
dense fiber (average metro core strand count of
144) in the Hampton Roads/Norfolk markets.
Hampton Roads, which is the 37th largest
metropolitan service area, encompasses the
cities of Hampton, Chesapeake, Portsmouth,
Suffolk, Newport News and Virginia Beach.
Lumos offers Ethernet and wavelength
services into the EdgeConneX facility. The
Ethernet service is certified by the Metro
Ethernet Forum and available at select speeds
from 3Mbps to 10Gbps. The wavelength
service supports 1Gbps, 2.5Gbps, 10Gbps and
100Gbps speeds.
“I am pleased to announce that the Edge-
ConneX Edge Data Center is the first data
center connected to our fiber network in our
Norfolk/Hampton Roads expansion market,” said
Tim Biltz, CEO of Lumos Networks. “Our enter-
prise customers continue to demand access to
high quality data centers across our footprint and
we look forward to expanding our relationship
with EdgeConneX.”
EdgeConneX is a global data center provider
specializing in infrastructure solutions at the
edge of the network. It provides space, power
and connectivity for content, network, cloud,
colocation, CDNs and service providers, as well
as wireless carriers, telecommunications compa-
nies, and commercial property owners. Edge-
ConneX has created a “new edge” for tradi-
tional networks, offering superior performance
and economics. Its purpose-built Meet You
Points optimize delivery of data at network-crit-
ical locations closest to the end-user. For more
information, visit the EdgeConneX Internet of
Everywhere at
Lumos Networks is a fiber-based service
provider in the mid-Atlantic region serving
carrier, enterprise and data center customers,
offering end-to-end connectivity in 24 markets
in Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and West Virginia.
As of the end of 2015, the company had a fiber
network of 8,607 fiber route miles and more than
384,000 total fiber strand miles, Lumos Networks
connects 1,099 unique fiber to the cell sites,
1,440 total FTTC connections, 1,732 on-net build-
ings and over 2,800 total on-net locations.
In 2015, Lumos Networks generated more than
$114 million in data revenue and over $51 million
in adjusted EBITDA over its fiber network. o
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