Infinera announced that Facebook has deployed an Infinera Intelligent Transport Network to light the world's longest terrestrial optical network route capable of delivering up to eight terabits per second (Tb/s) of data transmission capacity. The new route spans 3,998 kilometers and is deployed without any regeneration. Facebook's European terrestrial network stretches from its Lulea, Sweden, datacenter across major hubs throughout Europe.
According to Infinera, Facebook deployed the Infinera portfolio of products, which includes the DTN-X platform, to connect these hubs, harnessing Infinera’s unique FlexCoherent solution to deliver terabits of capacity on a single fiber across the continent. It said that, Facebook delivers to its European network 100 gigabit per second (Gb/s) coherent transmission via 500 Gb/s super-channels, featuring a forward-scale design to support 1.2 Tb/s super-channels in the future. The DTN-X also features SDN-ready application programming interfaces that enable network programmability and automation of network operations to reduce both operational cost and service delivery times while facilitating new services, added Infinera.
Niclas Comstedt, Director of Network Engineering, Facebook
The Infinera Intelligent Transport Network makes it easy for us to rapidly grow network capacity while keeping operations simple. Once the equipment is in place we are able to turn up as many terabits as we need.
Tom Fallon, CEO, Infinera
Facebook's deployment of the Infinera Intelligent Transport Network underscores the value Infinera brings to Internet content providers and datacenter operators around the world. Facebook is a classic example of how leading Internet content providers are building global networks that interconnect their datacenters to accelerate the delivery of high bandwidth, feature rich services worldwide.
