NJFX Hosts Critical Infrastructure Forum

This event marked a revolutionary stride towards redefining cloud, IP, and global connectivity

February 14, 2024

On February 9th, NJFX’s Tier 3 carrier-neutral and subsea colocation facility hosted a Critical Infrastructure Forum supporting various applications for multinational banks. This event marked a revolutionary stride towards redefining cloud, IP, and global connectivity with 30+ executives presenting from Fortune 100 and 500 companies within NJFX’s advanced facility.

The forum facilitated sessions on enhancing network infrastructure and enabling private backbone access to the major cloud operators. Additional topics included insights from the world’s largest Internet exchange provider and a leading network operator providing last mile access throughout LATAM.

Key participants and highlights included:

  • Head of Solutions Architecture of Banking and Payments from AWS.
  • COO’s from Orchest, Colt, and Crown Castle, emphasizing the importance of scalable and resilient network infrastructure.
  • Executives from DE-CIX, sharing strategies on internet exchange capabilities and global business development.
  • Representatives from Altice, Verizon, EXA, and AT&T, discussing advancements in mobile networks and enterprise fiber solutions.

This forum underscored NJFX’s role in facilitating a future-proof, expansive internet infrastructure, highlighting the collective effort towards a more connected and efficient global network.

About NJFX

NJFX is setting a new standard for interconnecting carrier-grade networks outside any major U.S. city. Our campus hosts over 35 global and U.S. operators, including multinational banks that rely on us for their “never down” network strategies. The NJFX campus is also where the major cloud operators have their global backbones physically connecting to transatlantic cables to Europe and South America. NJFX customers requiring transparency and true diversity can interconnect at a layer one level with their preferred network connectivity partners.

Eastlink is excited to expand our network into NJFX’s robust telecom ecosystem. This will provide diverse routing for key destinations such as Ashburn, VA while avoiding the congested NYC metro area."
Steve Irvine
Steve IrvineSenior VP Engineering and CTO
We are pleased to be participating in this unique, carrier neutral ecosystem NJFX has created to deepen our relationship with the wholesale carrier community as well as provide the enterprise customers optionally for access to diverse terrestrial networks and our Seabras-1 subsea cable system. This is an exciting opportunity to reach new customers with flexibility and scale while driving end-user enablement at this world-class facility.
Steve Orlando
Steve OrlandoCEO
We are continually looking for ways to strategically expand our offerings to customers, through our new Point-of-Presence at NJFX, we have added another critical location to address customer’s growing requirements for access to our advanced and powerful global network, including our extensive fiber footprint in the U.S., which is now available coast-to-coast for wholesale customers.”
Michael DeChiara
Michael DeChiara Associate Vice President, AT&T Wholesale Solutions
Our collaboration with NJFX gives Colt customers rapid access to critical digital infrastructure and satisfies the diversity and low latency needs of some of the most demanding customers in the financial sector,
Robin Farnan
Robin FarnanEVP – Operations & Engineering at Colt
On-Demand connectivity opens incredible possibilities for different verticals or even carriers looking to expand into Latam while minimizing risk and cost of entry. With this unique offering we are introducing a new way to improve the traditional model, providing the right flexibility and dynamicity to scale resources as needed”
Jeremy Villalobos
Jeremy VillalobosCOO at Orchest.
As we embark on this strategic partnership with NJFX, we’re not just connecting infrastructure; we’re forging a pathway for our customers to traverse the digital landscape faster and more efficiently than ever before. We are excited to be partnering with NJFX and this collaboration amplifies opportunities for our customers to access Europe with unprecedented speed on the EXA network. We are committed to providing cutting-edge solutions in today’s digital era that is defined by connectivity.
Steve Roberts
Steve RobertsVP Network Investments
We are excited to expand our network to NJFX. Today’s network expansion furthers our goal of providing more connectivity globally to as many enterprises as possible, while satisfying critical bandwidth demands.
Mike Leber
Mike LeberPresident
United Fiber & Data is excited to bring our geographically diverse fiber network and flexible, low latency lit services of 10G and 100G to provide secure, high capacity network connectivity to NJFX and its clients. United Fiber & Data’s fiber infrastructure and scalable capacity on its unique route and the ability to turn up services quickly positions us to be the provider of choice for secure, high capacity, low latency network connectivity.
Christopher Lodge
Christopher LodgeCOO and interim CEO
Establishing a PoP at NJFX provides Console Connect and PCCW Global users with access to direct, low latency routes to major business hubs along the east coast. At the same time, we are excited to bring Console Connect’s on-demand global connectivity to NJFX customers, who can experience the agility and flexibility of Software Defined Interconnection®.
Marc Halbfinger
Marc HalbfingerCEO

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