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E-CIX has announced its expansion to Brazil , with its first two locations in South America – the fifth continent where DE-CIX has a presence . The newly established entity DE-CIX Brazil is a wholly owned subsidiary of the DE-CIX Group , and the company will start its operations with IXs in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro .

DE-CIX Brazil will be integrated into the operator ’ s global IX ecosystem through connections to DE-CIX New York , DE-CIX Lisbon and DE-CIX Madrid – using diverse routes across the Atlantic – from day 1 .

The IXs are planned to be hosted in multiple data centres in each location , following DE-CIX ’ s distributed , data centre and carrier-neutral approach .

With the ready-for-service date expected in Q2 2025 , the DE-CIX Internet

Exchange in Sao Paulo will kick off in the Elea Data Centers SP01 , the Equinix SP4 and the Ascenty SP4 facilities .

In Rio de Janeiro , DE-CIX will start its Brazilian endeavour in the Elea Data Centers facility RJ01 and the Equinix RJ2 data centre . The two new Brazilian IXs will be the first IXs in the country to offer a full set of enterprise-grade interconnection services , including DE-CIX ’ s Cloud Exchange capabilities , Cloud ROUTER and the Microsoft Azure Peering Service ( MAPS ), in addition to peering services .

The two IXs will be interconnected , allowing customers to access peering and cloud connectivity solutions remotely in-country .

Further , the IXs will be directly interconnected with DE-CIX New York and DE-CIX ’ s IXs in Southern Europe , employing both South-to-North and South-to-South Atlantic connectivity corridors and enabling connected customers to reach thousands of local , regional and international networks that together form the largest interconnection ecosystem in the world .

“ We are delighted to be entering Brazil , a massive market with 165 million Internet users and more than 10,000 networks ,” said Ivo Ivanov , CEO of DE-CIX . “ DE-CIX is proud to be bringing our complete portfolio of high-performance interconnection services to Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro to support the continued Digital Transformation of the Brazilian economy , one of the strongest economies in the world .

“ Internet Service Providers ( ISPs ) and enterprises alike will be able to leverage local , regional and international interconnection opportunities , especially with the USA and Southern Europe – where we already have many Brazilian networks at our exchanges .”

With the Brazilian market entry , DE-CIX enters an already strong interconnection market and sees itself as well-placed to offer solutions to meet the accelerating demand for redundancy and resiliency .

“ Brazil is the only country of such a market volume anywhere in the world to still have so few IXs of a significant size serving its population . A complementary offering on the market provides opportunities for redundancy and greater choice for network operators , as well as attracting new players to enter the market , benefitting the entire digital ecosystem ,” added Ivanov .

“ Beyond this , DE-CIX is the first IX operator to offer a full range of enterprisegrade interconnection and cloud connectivity services . This is another exciting step in the evolution of Brazil , and we are proud to be a part of it ,” Ivanov said . •

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