PHOENIX, Oct. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CoreSite Realty
Corporation (NYSE:COR), a premier provider of network-dense,
cloud-enabled data center solutions and the CoreSite Mesh, today
announced at NANOG59 that the London Internet Exchange (LINX) has
chosen CoreSite's Northern
Virginia data center campus as one of the locations for its
first North American peering exchange, LINX NoVA. This new
deployment from one of the world's leading network and Internet
exchanges, will enhance CoreSite's existing carrier density and
increase the number of options for Internet peering and customer
connectivity. The cloud-enabled data center campus in Northern Virginia, which includes facilities
in Reston, VA, and Washington, DC, supports a robust community of
nearly 150 customers, including over 45 networks and ISPs.
LINX, one of the world's largest Internet exchanges, currently
connects over 480 networks from nearly 60 countries, including more
than 1,100 ports. Internet exchanges such as LINX allow Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) and other organizations to directly
connect to one another to exchange Internet traffic. LINX's
entrance into the North American market supports CoreSite's Open
Internet Exchange Hub, announced in 2012 and aligned with key
stated principles of the Open Internet Exchange (Open-IX), a
member-governed organization working to drive the expansion of
business-neutral Internet exchanges, reduce internet complexity and
cost, and improve access to networks within critical
interconnection markets.
"We are delighted to be expanding into North America," said John Souter, CEO at LINX. "We believe that our
deployment in CoreSite's Northern
Virginia campus will contribute to us being able to create a
successful new exchange in the US. To demonstrate our commitment to
building a world leading Internet Exchange in North America, we will be subsidizing it by
providing free 10G ports to any networks who join."
CoreSite's open peering exchange policy gives customers
best-of-breed connectivity options through public peering
opportunities in addition to CoreSite's robust network density and
customer communities. Customers are able to access the CoreSite
marketplace where network, content, and cloud service providers,
along with a wide array of enterprises, interconnect and exchange
traffic and services in an efficient, cost-effective manner,
ultimately reducing latency and improving network diversity. In
addition to being able to peer in the Northern Virginia area at LINX NoVA,
CoreSite's Open Internet Exchange Hub currently provides direct
connections to multiple exchanges including remote access to
peering in Europe at the London
Internet Exchange (LINX), Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX),
German Commercial Internet Exchange (DE-CIX), and peering elsewhere
in the US with New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX) and
CoreSite's Any2 Internet Exchange.
"The addition of LINX NoVA to our group of peering partners will
further enhance the existing network density inherent in CoreSite's
Northern Virginia community and
support the development of a more robust Internet peering ecosystem
in the important Northern Virginia
market," said Brian Warren, VP
Product Management at CoreSite. "As reflected by the introduction
of our Open Internet Exchange Hub last year, we believe in the
importance of neutral Internet exchanges and our relationship with
LINX NoVA in Virginia further
strengthens our platform's value in providing our customers
additional opportunities for both connectivity and community."
About LINX
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is a
mutually owned membership association for operators of Internet
Protocol networks. We provide a neutral interconnection facility
and peering platform, known as an Internet Exchange Point (IXP),
and represent the interests of our members on matters of public
policy.
Our members consist of access networks, ISPs such as BT and
content providers like Google, who exchange Internet traffic
between each other over our secure peering LANs. Through LINX they
are able to reach 80% of the total global Internet making it the
single biggest connection point in the world.
About CoreSite
CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR)
propels customer growth and long-term competitive advantage by
connecting Internet, private networking, mobility, and cloud
communities within and across its fifteen high-performance data
center campuses and through the CoreSite Mesh. More than 750 of the
world's leading carriers and mobile operators, content and cloud
providers, media and entertainment companies, and global
enterprises choose CoreSite to run their performance-sensitive
applications and to connect and do business with each other. With
direct access to more than 275 carriers and ISPs, North America inter-site connectivity and the
nation's first Open Cloud Exchange that provides access to the
"most lit" buildings and cloud "on-ramps," CoreSite provides easy,
efficient and valuable gateways to global business opportunities.
For more information, visit www.CoreSite.com.
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the geographic concentration of CoreSite's data centers in certain
markets and any adverse developments in local economic conditions
or the demand for data center space in these markets; fluctuations
in interest rates and increased operating costs; difficulties in
identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions;
significant industry competition; CoreSite's failure to obtain
necessary outside financing; CoreSite's failure to qualify or
maintain its status as a REIT; financial market fluctuations;
changes in real estate and zoning laws and increases in real
property tax rates; and other factors affecting the real estate
industry generally. All forward-looking statements reflect
CoreSite's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but
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CoreSite disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any
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events or other changes. For a further discussion of these and
other factors that could cause CoreSite's future results to differ
materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section
entitled "Risk Factors" in CoreSite's most recent annual report on
Form 10-K, and other risks described in documents subsequently
filed by CoreSite from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
SOURCE CoreSite Realty Corporation