AWS Launches Native 400G Direct Connect at CoreSite’s Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia Campuses

CoreSite Among Select Data Center Providers for Initial Access

Ultra-High-Bandwidth and Low Latency to AWS Regions

Ideal for Machine Learning (ML) and Large Language Model (LLM) Training, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for Autonomous Vehicles

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CoreSite, a leading hybrid IT solutions provider and subsidiary of American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) (“American Tower”), today announced that AWS Direct Connect launched native 400 Gbps (400G) Dedicated Connections at four select locations in the United States including CoreSite’s Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia data center campuses, making them the optimal locations to deploy the most demanding hybrid applications. CoreSite’s Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia markets are located near Amazon Web Services (AWS) availability zones and provide customers with exceptional network performance and low latency.

AWS Direct Connect provides private, high-bandwidth connectivity between AWS and enterprises’ on-premises data centers, offices or colocation facilities like CoreSite. Native 400G connections provide higher bandwidth, without the operational overhead of managing multiple 100G connections in a link aggregation group.

“CoreSite’s robust ecosystem of native cloud onramps and scalable data center campuses offer a unique capability to customers deploying hybrid applications,” said Juan Font, President and CEO of CoreSite, SVP of American Tower. “The new 400G Direct Connect from AWS is particularly beneficial to customer applications that transfer large-scale datasets for large language model training and real-time applications like advanced driver assistance systems.”

CoreSite’s Silicon Valley data center campus provides scalable colocation and networking options well-suited to meet the most demanding business needs. With the addition of the new 240,000-square-foot, purpose-built data center SV9, which is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company’s Silicon Valley campus will be comprised of nine interconnected facilities and have 1.179 million total square feet of data center space. SV9 has been certified as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program and will offer customers a prime location to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, 400G solution.

As one of only two providers in Northern Virginia to offer direct connections to all the major cloud providers, CoreSite’s Northern Virginia campus includes three interconnected data centers totaling more than 1.3 million square feet and a dense ecosystem ideal for maximizing the value of hybrid IT strategies.

To learn more about AWS Direct Connect, visit AWS Direct Connect Locations.

Additional Resources

• Watch What is Cloud Direct Connection and How Can It Support Your Hybrid IT Strategy
• Read more about AWS Direct Connect at CoreSite
• Download The 2024 State of the Data Center Report to see industry trends and insights from IT leaders

About CoreSite

CoreSite, an American Tower company (NYSE: AMT), provides hybrid IT solutions that empower enterprises, cloud, network and IT service providers to monetize and future-proof their digital business. Our highly interconnected data center campuses offer a native digital supply chain featuring direct cloud onramps to enable our customers to build customized hybrid IT infrastructure and accelerate digital transformation. For more than 20 years, CoreSite’s team of technical experts has partnered with customers to optimize operations, elevate customer experience, dynamically scale, and leverage data to gain competitive edge. For more information, visit CoreSite.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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