PlatformDIGITAL®'s dedicated access to Amazon Web
Services (AWS) Direct Connect provides data center customers in
Seoul with secure,
high-performance connectivity for hybrid IT workloads
Customers can leverage Digital Realty's global service
orchestration platform ServiceFabric™, to establish
hosted connections from nearly 135 data centers globally
AUSTIN,
Texas, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital
Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and
carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection
solutions, announced today that a new AWS Direct Connect on-ramp is
available at Digital Realty's ICN10 data center in Seoul enabling customers to access
AWS services via a single cross connect as well as through
ServiceFabric™, Digital Realty's global service orchestration
platform. Digital Realty's ICN10 data center is the first
carrier neutral facility to host an AWS Direct Connect on-ramp
in Seoul.
By utilizing this reliable connection, Digital Realty's
customers in Seoul can connect
their private infrastructure to the AWS Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region, enabling improved performance
for hybrid architecture solutions with low-latency,
secure, and cost-efficient connectivity to AWS.
Data exchange volumes and a corresponding demand for data center
services in South Korea are
expected to escalate over the next few years as the country's
significance as an emerging data center hub grows. As one of the
most innovative countries in the world, South Korea consistently leads in technology
adoption, and is now unleashing a government-wide digital
transformation by utilizing technologies like AI and the cloud to
become a technology-led, data-driven society. IDC projects the
country will be investing in artificial intelligence (AI)
solutions, reaching $2.9 billion in
AI spending by 2026.
AWS Direct Connect provides the high throughput and consistency
required for data-intensive applications such as AI by providing a
dedicated and secure connection, resulting in sensitive data
traffic traveling exclusively between trusted endpoints, improving
security and privacy. Digital Realty's customers, including
financial services, e-commerce, healthcare, and manufacturing
enterprises, can securely connect to AWS Direct Connect via
low-latency, high-bandwidth interconnects to meet increasing
business demands. PlatformDIGITAL® provides the physical meeting
place where AWS customers and partners can establish direct
connections to AWS, to optimize hybrid IT solutions.
With the addition of Seoul, and
following the recent announcement of Ashburn, PlatformDIGITAL® now hosts 17
AWS Direct Connect cloud on-ramps globally in Amsterdam, Ashburn, Atlanta, Cape
Town, Copenhagen,
Dublin, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Marseille, Paris, Seattle, Seoul, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich.
In addition to dedicated connections, customers can establish
hosted connections in Amsterdam,
Ashburn, Atlanta, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Marseille, Paris, Seattle, Seoul, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich via Digital
Realty's interconnection and orchestration solution,
ServiceFabric™, from over 135 Digital Realty locations
globally.
"Our customers increasingly recognize the value of placing their
private infrastructure in our facilities worldwide to facilitate
hybrid architectures across a combination of colocation and one or
multiple cloud platforms. The addition of AWS Seoul Direct Connect
extends Digital Realty's robust portfolio of Direct Connect
locations into the rapidly growing Asia
Pacific region and will drive an exponential increase to
connection density of PlatformDIGITAL®. The availability of cloud
on-ramps, an extensive community of local and global carriers, as
well as intelligent orchestration through ServiceFabric™ will
provide our customers with comprehensive options to modernize their
edge-to-cloud networking architectures," says Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer, Digital
Realty.
"With AWS Direct Connect, you can transfer data privately and
directly from your data center, office, or colocation environment
into and out of AWS. These private connections can reduce your
network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more
consistent network experience than connections over the public
internet. Customers can choose dedicated 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100
Gbps connections, or work with an AWS Direct Connect delivery
partner like Digital Realty for hosted connections with bandwidth
from 50Mbps to 10 Gbps," says Emad
Benjamin, General Manager, AWS Direct Connect.
"We applaud Digital Realty's latest achievement in hosting the
new AWS Direct Connect on-ramp at ICN10 in Seoul, a development that positions
Seoul more firmly as a global data
center hub. Colt is proud to be one of the first global network
providers to establish a point of presence (PoP) at this innovative
data center, extending our comprehensive network capabilities to
customers seeking low-latency, high-bandwidth solutions. Our
partnership with Digital Realty, coupled with AWS Direct Connect's
availability at ICN10, offers our customers unparalleled
connectivity options that meet the demands of today's data-driven
world. We are committed to empowering businesses in Korea and
beyond, providing seamless network connections between ICN10 and
our Colt IQ-network that spans over 230 cities in 38 countries,"
says Sooyoung Sung, Korea Country
Manager, Colt Technology Services.
Additional Resources
- Learn more about AWS Direct Connect here
- Learn more about PlatformDIGITAL® here
- Learn more about ServiceFabric™ here
- Learn more about Digital Realty's Seoul data center here
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty brings companies
and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center,
colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the
company's global data center platform, provides customers with a
secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter
Architecture® (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation
and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty
gives its customers access to the connected data communities that
matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+
facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To
learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or
follow us on LinkedIn and X.
For Additional Information
Media Contacts
Helen Bleasdale
Digital Realty
+1 737 267 6822
hcbleasdale@digitalrealty.com
Investor Relations
Jordan Sadler / Jim Huseby
Digital Realty
+1 737 281 0101
InvestorRelations@digitalrealty.com
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could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially,
including statements related to AWS Direct Connection, our
expectations of the benefits of AWS Direct Connect, the South
Korean market and our facilities located therein, company strategy,
growth prospects and customer demand for its services,
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