The IP node resides in Sparkle’s data centre located at its Genoa Landing Hub (pictured) in Lagaccio in northern Italy
Sparkle announces the opening of an IP node in Genoa to meet the growing demand for internet capacity driven by new technologies, multimedia platforms and cloud-based services.
The IP node is located at Sparkle’s Genoa Landing Hub data center in Lagaccio, which it says is “an open and neutral colocation facility serving as an interconnection point for Internet Exchange Points (IPXs) such as Ge-DIX (already operational at the site) as well as terrestrial and international submarine cable networks”.
They include:
• the Blue & Raman Submarine Cable Systems – which will connect Milan and Marseille via Genoa with East Africa, the Middle East, and India; and
• the associated BlueMed system with its Mediterranean branches in Marseille, Bastia, Golfo Aranci, Rome, Palermo, Chania and Tel Aviv.
Seabone integration
The new node is integrated into Sparkle’s Tier-1 global backbone Seabone. This is the fifth-largest IP network worldwide. The new node will serve network operators, ISPs, OTTs, content delivery networks, and content and application providers, offering reliable, low-latency IP transit services in scalable multiples of 10GB, 100GB, and 400GB.
Customers also have access to a suite of IP solutions, including DDoS Protection services and Virtual NAP, providing virtual access to IXPs without developing proprietary infrastructure.
“Already a strategic hub for submarine cables, this new activation further reinforces Genoa’s role as digital port for Internet traffic between Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia,” said Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle.