ANGOLA – Flexential, the provider of data center colocation, cloud and connectivity, announced its partnership with Angola Cables, a multinational ICT solutions and network service provider operator, to drive colocation and interconnection options for customers in the Southern and West African markets.
Providing access to Angola’s MONET cable, housed in Flexential’s Fort Lauderdale data center, this partnership will offer customers connectivity via the low-latency, high-capacity South Atlantic Cable System (SACS).
Subsea cables are the key to international connectivity. The previous Google Cable only linked São Paulo, Brazil to Boca Raton, however recent upgrades made to the MONET Cable and Flexential’s partnership with Angola will extend this subsea cable access to an additional point of access in the U.S. and also have direct access to the AngoNAP Tier III data center in Fortaleza, Brazil and the SACS landing station.
“Our partnership with Flexential will strengthen interconnection options across southern and West Africa,” Ângelo Gama, CEO, Angola Cables said.
“Plugging into Flexential’s extensive network of data centers in the U.S. will benefit our clients in Africa by not only extending their presence and exposure to the highly active U.S. market but will open up further opportunities for enterprises in Africa to establish direct connections with parent companies, subsidiaries, business partners and suppliers across the U.S.”
Expanding upon its current international subsea cable connections in APAC and LATAM, Flexential’s international connection to markets in Africa via simple cross-connect fiber optics stands to significantly benefit its customers.
“Given the significant presence we’re already seeing from customers, including over-the-top (OTT) providers, hyperscalers and Fortune 500 companies in the African region, we’re excited to bring these organizations a new level of international capacity and connectivity via new cross connect options,” Tim Parker, Senior Vice President, Network Strategy, Flexential said.
“The extension of the MONET cable into Fort Lauderdale is a significant step forward for international connectivity.”
Flexential’s customers, many of which have a significant presence in the region, will experience low-latency, express connections not only from Fort Lauderdale, but across all forty of Flexential’s data centers via the company’s national FlexAnywhere platform.
Acting as the termination point for Flexential’s subsea cable connections, FlexAnywhere provides the backbone and flexibility needed to move data seamlessly between applications and users so customers looking to reach the African continent can do so without any geographical limitations.
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