One of the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone providers, Hurricane Electric, has set up a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Ascenty SCL2 in Santiago, Chile. This PoP is Hurricane Electric’s ninth facility in South America and its first location in Chile. In the implementation of IP connectivity services, it would provide enterprises in the area better fault tolerance, load balancing, and congestion control.
2100 Calle Guacolda, Santiago 8710067, Chile is the address of the new PoP. Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport is about 20.5 kilometers (12.7 miles) away from the Ascenty SCL2 data center, which is conveniently located near major roads. Ascenty has three data centers in this capital city, and this one would serve clients from all throughout Chile.
Users may access the network from anywhere in the world thanks to its connections to all international cable landing stations and Brazilian undersea cables.
This 22,000 square meter carrier-neutral data center has 1,500 racks, a 16 MW site power capacity, an N-1 redundant power supply, three power lines serving each data hall, an N-2 redundant chilled water plant, and segregated technical corridors for equipment maintenance.
Connectivity Options in South America
Santiago would be home to a strong manufacturing sector, accounting for 50 percent of the country’s GDP. It is also a key technology hub in Chile, with a strong and supportive start-up ecosystem.
Hurricane Electric President Mike Leber said, “We are excited to deploy our first network PoP in Chile to provide local businesses and ISPs with reliable global IP transit. This PoP strengthens the region’s technical infrastructure while reaffirming our commitment to provide high-quality, low latency connectivity options in South America.”
Hurricane Electric’s vast IPv4 and IPv6 network is now accessible to clients of Ascenty SCL2 as well as those in the Santiago area via GigE (one gigabit Ethernet), 10GE (ten gigabit Ethernet), and 100GE (100 gigabit Ethernet) ports. Moreover, users of the facility may exchange IP traffic with Hurricane Electric’s extensive worldwide network, which provides over 10,000 distinct networks with over 30,000 BGP sessions via 310 primary exchange points and hundreds of private and client peering ports.
