Interxion, PCCW Global to Deliver Submarine Cable Gateway to Europe

Interxion: A Digital Realty Company, a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data center solutions, has signed an agreement with PCCW Global to locate the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) subsea cable system’s termination and interconnection equipment in Interxion’s MRS2 data center in Marseille, France.

The collaboration will enable low-latency access to more than 160 connectivity providers along with multiple content, cloud, gaming and video streaming platforms.

The high-speed, 15,000km PEACE subsea cable system will offer high capacity, low-latency routes connecting Africa, China and Europe. In addition to France, the cable will land in Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Malta, Pakistan and other countries and regions, with onward terrestrial connectivity to China.

The PEACE subsea cable will be the 15th subsea cable system to land in Marseille, further enhancing the value of network hubs deployed on PlatformDIGITAL, Digital Realty’s global infrastructure solution, in the region as enterprises seek greater resiliency and performance for interconnecting global workflows.