Hurricane Electric to Bolster Global Network Connectivity Infrastructure at Equinix

Hurricane Electric, an Internet backbone and IPv6 Internet Service Provider, and Equinix, a supplier of global data center services, announced that Hurricane Electric will extend its points-of-presence to additional Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers outside of the United States.

In a release, the Companies noted that the expansion to Equinix's Toyko-2 (TY2), Hong Kong-1 (HK1) and Zurich-1 (ZH1) centers will enable Hurricane Electric to improve fault tolerance, load balancing and congestion management infrastructure capabilities for the delivery of next-generation IP access services. It will also enable Equinix customers to directly exchange IP traffic, or "peer," with Hurricane Electric's global Internet backbone which is interconnected with more than 500 associated IPv6 backbones.

"We are delighted to further expand our relationship with Equinix," said Martin Levy, director of IPv6 strategy at Hurricane Electric. "Our growing global footprint through Equinix will give our customers the geographic reach and extended IPv6 functionality they are demanding."

"Our relationship with Hurricane Electric, a well respected IPv6 player, further demonstrates our leadership role in operating robust data center infrastructure with operational excellence," said Jarrett Appleby, chief marketing officer of Equinix. "Operating also within our TY2, HK1 and ZH1 centers will put Hurricane Electric in the middle of an existing community of international and local networks and carriers for its next generation IP access service."

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