Data-Center Connectivity

Direct answer

Data-center connectivity links facilities, carriers, clouds, customers and service ecosystems through cross connects, Ethernet, private lines, wavelengths, dark fiber and Internet services.

Begin with exact facilities

Building, meet-me room and cage details determine which carriers, cross connects, routes and cloud on-ramps are actually available. A city name alone is not enough for design or pricing.

Match transport to the workload

Replication, active-active applications, backup, storage and cloud access create different requirements. Select managed Ethernet, wavelength or dark fiber based on capacity, control, latency and operating responsibility.

Document shared risks

Review entrances, conduit, meet-me rooms, carrier facilities, equipment and power. Logical redundancy cannot protect applications from a shared physical failure.