TELEHOUSE to Boost 100G Port Capacity in New York Peering Exchange

TELEHOUSE will upgrade the existing New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX) Centillion platform to Centillion 2, to meet strong market demands for 100G ports.

NYIIX was founded in 1996.  It is one of the largest public peering exchange points on the U.S. East Coast with seven locations, including 85 Tenth Avenue, 7 Teleport Drive, 60 Hudson, 1118th Avenue and 32 Avenue of Americas. In New Jersey, NYIIX has two locations, 165 Halsey in Newark, and 2 Emerson Lane in Secaucus.

The NYIIX Centillion platform is based on Brocade MLX-E routers that offer a limited number of 100G port capacity. To address this issue, the Centillion 2 platform will consist of Brocade SLX routers for both core routers and edge routers, which increase the number of available 100G ports–and, the Centillion 2 platform is 400G-ready.

The new platform is scheduled to go live in January 2018.

In line with the overall business growth, the peering traffic through NYIIX has been steadily rising, TELEHOUSE said. Reports show traffic peaking at more than 495Gbps in September, and the company expects that to reach and exceed 500Gbps before the end of the year.

“I am pleased to announce the new Centillion 2 platform,” said Akio Sugeno, vice president of Internet Engineering, Operations and Business Development at TELEHOUSE America.  “The current market demands have accelerated our need to upgrade the platform.  Strong demands for 100G ports are the result of our continuing ability to increase NYIIX members along with customer confidence in our service. Such an accomplishment proves that NYIIX is one of the most important IXPs in the United States.”