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EdgeConneX, Vegas-IX Partner
to Bring Exchange to Las Vegas
“At EdgeConneX, enabling
enhanced connectivity at the edge
of the network remains a core
objective as we continue to seek
out new opportunities to provide
low-latency internet services
for customers outside of Tier 1
markets,” said Clint Heiden, chief
commercial office, EdgeConneX.
“The newly available Vegas-IX
node in our Las Vegas EDC will be
instrumental to the growth of the
region, offering additional internet
access points for local customers
on a secure and reliable network,”
he added.
Founded this year by Ninja-IX,
Vegas-IX is operated at no monthly
port cost to participants. The
internet exchange uses multiple
Brocade switches via multi-protocol
label switching (MPLS) and BIRD
route servers with 24×7 monitoring
of its peering fabric.
“Developing an internet
exchange in Las Vegas is a
great opportunity for the peering
community to grow in the Silver
State,” said Paul Emmons,
executive director of Vegas-
IX. “As the founding facility,
EdgeConneX’s Las Vegas EDC
will provide access to some
of the largest content delivery
networks available, allowing
us to offer enhanced peering
services to the market.”
EdgeConneX is committed to
bringing local internet exchanges to
all of its edge data centers across
the country to enhance connectivity
options for each edge market.
Las Vegas is the fifth edge
data center market to deploy
such connectivity, following
partnerships in Phoenix with
Phoenix-IX, Boston with MASS-
IX, Minneapolis with MICE and
Portland with NWAX.
The EdgeConneX Las Vegas
EDC has been purpose-built
and precisely located in order to
provide a secure colocation facility
for customers wishing to deliver
content and applications to local-
market consumers, with the lowest
possible latency.
Partnering with network and
cable operators at the local level,
the carrier-neutral facility guar-
antees the shortest and fastest
routes for delivering content
to local market subscribers
(consumer and enterprise) and
internet customers. p
For more information about
EdgeConneX and its leading
edge of network infrastructure
solutions for expanding and
improving access to wireless
and data communications,
visit or email
which specializes in global data center solu-
tions at the edge of the network, announced it is partnering
with having built a core
Vegas-IX node into its Las Vegas Edge Data Center (EDC).
Located at 1541 Pama Lane in Las Vegas, the expansion is
instrumental to the advancement of the local internet community
by ensuring dynamic content delivery to local consumers. Vegas-
IX is the first non-profit internet exchange to be created in the
state of Nevada.
EdgeConneX will provide secure hosting as the founding facility
for the Vegas-IX node. This node will enable local EdgeConneX
customers, including wireless carriers, service providers, content
delivery networks (CDNs) and enterprises, to have direct access
to Vegas-IX peering services, as well as additional offerings,
such as multi-lateral peering agreement (MLPA) route servers,
dedicated Gigabit Ethernet and private virtual local area
networks (VLANs).
“The newly available Vegas-IX node
in our Las Vegas EDC will be instrumental
to the growth of the region, offering
additional internet access points
for local customers on a secure and
reliable network,”
– Clint Heiden, EdgeConneX.