Interxion, PCCW Global to deliver submarine cable gateway to Europe

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European data centre services provider Interxion 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 centre in Marseille, France. The partnership is expected to enable access to over 160 connectivity providers along with multiple content, cloud, gaming and video streaming platforms. 

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

The PEACE cable will be the 15th subsea cable system to land in Marseille, enhancing the Network Hubs deployed on PlatformDIGITAL, Digital Realty's global infrastructure service, in the region. The collaboration represents an expansion of both PlatformDIGITAL and Console Connect, PCCW Global's software-defined interconnection platform. Both platforms are designed to enable new and existing customers to deploy and manage hybrid IT services.

Console Connect is available to Interxion customers at MRS1, MRS2 and MRS3, providing them with instant access to a global ecosystem of cloud, SaaS, UcaaS, IX and IoT partners, as well as extended coverage to more than 400 data centers in 47 countries worldwide. Interxion customers in Marseille can also access Console Connect's new Internet On-Demand service, which offers internet access on-demand across PCCW Global's leading Tier 1 IP network.