Hurricane Electric, a large IPv6-native internet backbone has deployed a Point of Presence (PoP) at Involta’s Arizona Data Center. It is Hurricane Electric’s first PoP in Tucson, Arizona and seventh in the state. The address is 1215 E. Pennsylvania St., Tucson.
Involta’s Tucson Arizona data center features more than 38,000 square feet and is complete with environmental systems and controls, redundant back-up power and HVAC, specialized fire detection and reinforced concrete building construction.
The facility is served by redundant fiber optic connections featuring 24/7/365 critical monitoring and 24/7/365 secure access with biometric security.
Tucson recently was named number six in Business Facilities’ Millennial Magnet ranking and boasts one of the highest concentrations of startup companies for a city of its size. According to CBRE, Tucson ranks in the top 10 of up-and-coming tech markets and yielded an increase of nearly 50 percent in technology industry growth within the last five years.
This PoP will provide organizations in and around Tucson with connectivity options and access to Hurricane Electric’s extensive IPv4 and IPv6 network through 100GE (100 Gigabit Ethernet), 10GE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) and GigE (1 Gigabit Ethernet) ports.
Additionally, customers at the facility are able to exchange IP traffic with Hurricane Electric’s global network, which offers over 20,000 BGP sessions with more than 9,000 different networks via more than 250 major exchange points and thousands of customers and private peering ports.
