International IPv6-native internet backbone operator Hurricane Electric has established a point of presence (PoP) in NEXTDC’s P1 Perth Data Centre, the two companies say. The PoP is Hurricane Electric’s first in the city but fifth in Australia. Hurricane Electric will use the PoP to offer customers in Perth and Western Australia IP connectivity with improved fault tolerance, load balancing, and congestion management.
Located in Malaga, 13 km from Perth’s central business district, the P1 Perth Data Centre is the region’s only colocation data center to hold Uptime Institute Tier III Gold certification for Operational Sustainability, NEXTDC asserts. It also is the only facility in Western Australia that offers locally available public cloud onramps to AWS and Microsoft Azure, the company adds. P1 directly connects to NEXTDC’s P2 Perth facility, the termination point of the major submarine cable infrastructure that connects Perth to Asia and Sydney, as well as to international internet exchanges accessed via NEXTDC’s partner ecosystem.
Hurricane Electric’s PoP will enable NEXTDC P1 customers access to the connectivity provider’s network via 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet ports. They also will have the option e to exchange IP traffic with Hurricane Electric’s global network, which the company states offers more than 20,000 BGP sessions with over 8,000 different networks via more than 250 major exchange points and thousands of customer and private peering ports.
“We are delighted to further extend our partnership with Hurricane Electric, who is an important connectivity solutions provider who forms part of our network-rich national partner ecosystem,” said Adam Scully, chief sales officer at NEXTDC. “With the introduction of a second point of presence inside NEXTDC’s national footprint, this new WA location will allow locally based businesses to seamlessly access the cost-effective and high-performance connectivity options made available to them via this partnership. Our priority is ensuring we closely support our customers as they accelerate their digital-first priorities, and it’s through our strategic partnerships with companies like Hurricane Electric that enable us to do so.”
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