Dark Fiber and Infrastructure (DF&I) a developer, owner and operator of dark fiber and conduit networks in Northern Virginia and Maryland, on Monday announced that Digital Realty, a cloud and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solution provider, is bringing two additional data center campuses on-net to DF&I’s Express Connect dark fiber network. The infrastructure enables peering and interconnection of a multitude of unique carriers, clouds, and data center operators on the region’s most vital high capacity, open access data pathway between Northern Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.
Featuring the most conduit capacity in the region, DF&I Express Connect provides dedicated access to and between major data centers and peering points in and around the Ashburn area. The system includes a highly concentrated loop interconnecting Data Center Alley and extends to the north on the fastest and most direct route to Baltimore. DF&I’s infrastructure offers more than 40,000 fiber strands between Maryland and Virginia and more than 70,000 fiber strands within its Virginia network.
Corey Dyer, Chief Revenue Officer of Digital Realty
By joining DF&I’s Express Connect Network, our customers and providers have direct access into the region’s most powerful dark fiber network and availability zone. Our relationship with DF&I aligns with our commitment to provide the most reliable data center and connectivity solutions to our customers, which in turn, strengthens the value of our partner ecosystem. This enables enterprises who are currently hosted in our Northern Virginia and Maryland data centers to accelerate their digital transformation journeys and eliminate complexity within their operations.
Scott Bergs, CEO of DF&I
We are thrilled to enable our customers to reach these Digital Realty facilities with DF&I’s high capacity, lowest latency conduit and dark fiber in the region... We look forward to growing and scaling our network infrastructure alongside trusted partners like Digital Realty, to support us in accommodating the region’s ever-growing data and interconnection demands.
