West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre services provider, MainOne, an Equinix Company, has enhanced its interconnection capabilities, by using Equinix Fabric to extend its network reach. This is to provide its enterprise customers with on-demand and seamless connectivity to cloud providers, remote markets, and local infrastructure, over the MainOne network.
Equinix Fabric is an on-demand, software-defined interconnection service, which provides global reach to the Equinix network of over 245 International Business Exchange Data Centres, located in 71 major metros and 32 countries around the world. Equinix Fabric directly, securely, and dynamically, connects distributed infrastructure and digital ecosystems, on the Equinix Platform.
Speaking on this expansion, MainOne Chief Technical Officer, Anil Verma stated that “As a long-time customer of Equinix Fabric, MainOne has utilised the global footprint of data centres and services, to establish connections to Cloud service providers and enable private, dedicated connections for customers in West Africa. This is part of our commitment to provide our customers with world-class interconnection services to accelerate their digital journey.”
In the new expansion, MainOne will utilise Equinix IBX data centres in Lisbon (LS1) and London (LD5), to create geographic diversity, enabling its customers connect their IT infrastructure, to a dynamic and rich ecosystem, enjoying more direct access to Cloud services, and higher performance with low-latency and secure IT infrastructure.
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