One of the biggest dedicated digital infrastructure platforms that connects Europe and North America, EXA Infrastructure, has been chosen by high-performance content delivery company CDN77 to support its operations with multiple 400G and 100G wavelength services as it scales and grows its business.
With a global private backbone and an enormous global network, CDN77 is able to meet the expanding capacity demands of its clients. Infrastructure investment is necessary due to the expected expansion in data throughout Europe and North America, and this is a major component of EXA's strategy. The cumulative annual growth rate (CAGR) of 400G is expected to reach 31.5% during the next five years, according on a 2022 estimate by Omdia.
Through the agreement, CDN77’s high-speed connection would be further accelerated, enabling greater operational effectiveness, scalability, and security. CDN77 services are used daily by global industry leaders to transport hundreds of petabytes of data. Diverse network routing may be offered by EXA Infrastructure throughout the whole 400G European footprint, spanning 15 countries.
Jiri Prochazka, Vice Presdent of Network Infrastructure at CDN77, said, “The team at EXA Infrastructure has been on hand to understand our bespoke needs and deliver us a solution in a short period of time. EXA’s network speed, capacity, and coverage are unmatched, making it the top partner in the industry. We are excited to collaborate.”
Nicholas Collins, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of EXA Infrastructure, said, “EXA has been a leader in deploying 400G technology across its network as we recognized the growing demand for high-capacity bandwidth and the need to support our customers to scale and grow. A reliable partner, high bandwidth capacity that is both safe and expandable, and dependable network performance are all necessary for the sophisticated global content delivery network known as CDN77. We are happy to be able to use our network to help CDN77 as they expand and provide for their clients.”
About EXA Infrastructure
EXA Infrastructure, a portfolio business of I Squared Capital with its headquarters located in London, is one of the biggest platforms for digital infrastructure devoted to linking North America and Europe. Its 127,000 kilometers of fiber network span 34 nations. With three transatlantic cables - one of which is the lowest latency connection between Europe and North America - and thirteen Tier 3-equivalent data centers, EXA’s network would link 300 locations.
About CDN77
With its 130 Tbps network, CDN77 combines cache servers and PoPs that are installed within ISP networks in critical locations. This network is linked via a worldwide private backbone that is constructed using n x 100G and 400G infrastructure. The structure of the network includes direct local connectivity to over 3000 ISPs, over 300 PNIs, and upstreams to 14 of the leading TIER1 transit providers. With its vast network size and “state-of-the-art” video engineering, CDN77 is the preferred CDN for a number of heavily frequented international websites and applications.
