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“With €48 million of investment, we built
out the facility and increased the number
of tenants from around 50 back then, to
nearly 200 today.
“Our clients exchange services with one
another, including high-speed metro and
long-haul connectivity across Europe.
Interconnections with Google, Amazon
AWS and Microsoft Azure are also
available within the data centre.”
With MRS1 attracting major content
companies, cloud providers and subsea
cable providers, the facility quickly
reached its capacity limits, both in terms
of available space and energy resources.
Customers needed additional space and
power, but there were no suitable sites
next to the existing facility.
“There was no way we could grow our
operations next to MRS1, so we decided
to look for suitable sites in other parts of
the city,” said Hollands. “A key challenge
was how to connect the new data
centre to MRS1 to provide a seamless
experience for customers.”
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The solution: Interxion built a
new data centre in another area
of Marseille and connected it to
MRS1 with a high-speed, resilient
DCI network
After considering all the options, Interxion
found a suitable 4,350 m2 site for a new
data centre on land belonging to the
Marseille Port Authority, approximately
four kilometres away from MRS1.
“We knew the only way to maximise
success in MRS2 was to give clients
seamless access to all the subsea cables,
Internet exchanges and cloud interconnect
services already available in MRS1,” said
Hollands. “We also had to reassure subsea
cable providers that any new connections
at MRS2 would also be able to serve
existing clients at MSR1.”
To provide seamless connectivity between
the two data centres, Interxion decided
to deploy a next-generation DCI solution
from Ciena.
“When we evaluated all available DCI
options, we found that the Ciena solution
was able to deliver the fast, scalable
connectivity we needed between MRS1
and MRS2,” said Hollands.
The benefits: Data centre
connectivity as an enabler for
future growth and success
By connecting its data centres in Marseille
using Ciena technology, Interxion can
provide a seamless experience for clients –
whether they are hosted in MRS1 or MRS2.
With highspeed, scalable, reliable
interconnections between data centres,
the company can also expand its network
of data centres, even if no sites are
available next to their existing locations.
And with the ability to quickly turn up
high-speed interconnections between
data centres, Interxion has greater
flexibility in where it may choose to
locate future data centres.
“Our DCI solution allows us to expand
our network of data centres, even if
no real estate is available next to our
existing facilities,” said Hollands. “In the
near future, we plan to open our third
Marseille data centre – MRS3 – next to
the MRS2 building in an old World War
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