Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), a subsidiary of Reliance Communications (RCOM), has revealed and the completion of India data center for Eagle Subsea Network and India Landing.
GCX said Eagle Subsea Network is on target to land in India in 2020.
“When Eagle lands in two years, it will be connected to the world’s largest cloud operators inside India’s newest and largest data center,” said Bill Barney, CEO of RCOM, and chairman and CEO of GCX.
The IDC-5 Data Center, located at Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City (DAKC) in Mumbai, has the capacity of 40MW over its almost 450,000 square feet built-up area and 6,000-rack capacity. IDC-5 is India’s largest data center.
“New cables extending to the East and West from India will help to accommodate surging capacity demand and enhance network resiliency,” said Alan Mauldin, research director at TeleGeography.
Demand for international bandwidth between Europe and Asia is expected to increase nearly 9-fold between 2017 and 2023 and bandwidth linking Europe to the Middle East is forecast to increase seven-fold during the same period.
The Eagle express cable system will drive 120Tbps of capacity towards Hong Kong and 120Tbps towards Europe. The new network will be based on 100G technology using next generation Coherent Submarine Fiber.
The company plans to announce the Hong Kong and European landing points in the next 60 to 90 days Eagle will be the fastest Mumbai to Hong Kong route, avoiding the outage-prone Malacca Strait.
Eagle Subsea Network will be the fastest submarine route between India and key technology centers across the Middle East and Europe.
