Africa Data Centres, a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced that it will now be offering remote peering through its partnership with INX-ZA. Remote peering allows customers to connect to Internet Exchanges (IXPs) without the need for physical presence, making it a more efficient and cost-effective way to access a wide range of IXPs.
INX-ZA, a division of the Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa, operates a fully neutral, community-run Internet exchange point in South Africa. Through this partnership, INX-ZA will be bringing free peering from any of Africa Data Centres’ facilities to its Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX) and Cape Town Internet Exchange (CINX).
According to Tesh Durvasula, CEO of Africa Data Centres, “Bringing remote peering to the table is just one more way Africa Data Centres is helping customers reap the benefits of peering at INX-ZA without having to build and manage their infrastructure in Europe.” He goes on to explain that instead of setting up a point of presence to access internet exchanges, customers can now connect directly to them using existing infrastructure, reducing capital expenditure and complexity. Deployments can be achieved in a matter of minutes rather than months.
Remote peering also makes multi-region peering more accessible, efficient, and simple to manage because Africa Data Centres has more Internet Exchanges at its facilities than any other colocation provider on the continent. It lays the groundwork for more businesses to peer at IXPs around the world, reducing the number of suppliers and general network costs.
Connecting to both JINX and CINX will enable carriers, ISPs and other entities to peer in a free and simplified manner. Africa Data Centres’ customers will continue to deal with INX-ZA on a technical and community level, and will act as the conduit which enables this. Customers will be able to apply to INX-ZA for ports in the way they have always done, and Africa Data Centres will cover the costs of ports and cross-connects, although the customer will maintain the technical relationship with INX-ZA directly.
Africa Data Centres has supported INX-ZA and its model of community-run distributed IXPs for many years by acting as hosts to them in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Africa Data Centres is Africa’s largest network of interconnected, carrier and cloud-neutral data centre facilities.
“Strategically located, our world-class facilities provide a home for all your business-critical data. Proudly African, we are dedicated to bringing international experts to the pan-African market, making us your trusted partner for rapid and secure data centre services and interconnections across the African continent.”
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