GNM, an international backbone provider and Internet Exchange operator, has launched its first North American Points of Presence (PoPs) in Miami and Ashburn, Virginia. These new facilities are located in Equinix MI1 in Miami and Equinix DC1–DC15 and DC21 in Ashburn.
The deployment marks the company’s first infrastructure expansion into the United States and establishes a direct connection between its North American network and its existing European backbone.
GNM says that Miami and Ashburn PoPs are connected through a protected East Coast ring and integrated with the company’s existing infrastructure. The setup allows customers in North America and Europe to exchange traffic through a single network environment.
The Miami PoP is located at Equinix MI1, a major connectivity hub for subsea cable systems linking North America, Latin America and Europe. The Ashburn deployment is situated within Equinix’s Northern Virginia campus, one of the world’s largest data centre and interconnection markets.
Alex Surkov, Head of Business Development at GNM, commented, “Launching in Miami and Ashburn is a defining milestone for GNM. We have created our first North American platform and directly connected it to our European backbone. This gives customers on both sides of the Atlantic something genuinely valuable – simpler interconnection, direct access to new traffic flows, and the ability to grow internationally through one integrated network ecosystem.”
Both sites are connected to GNM-IX, the company’s Internet Exchange platform that supports 700 connected networks and handles 10.95 Tbps of traffic. The new North American platform is designed to enable network operators, carriers, cloud providers and content networks to exchange traffic between North America and Europe and access interconnection and transport services through a single provider.
The expansion gives North American networks direct access to European traffic exchange opportunities without requiring infrastructure deployments in Europe, while European operators gain direct connectivity to major interconnection markets in the United States.