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CloudLink Enables Colocation Customers of H5 Data Centers to Seamlessly Connect to Over 180 Cloud Service Providers
[December 07, 2017]

CloudLink Enables Colocation Customers of H5 Data Centers to Seamlessly Connect to Over 180 Cloud Service Providers


H5 Data Centers, a national colocation and wholesale data center provider, today announced access to Zayo's CloudLink services from its data centers in Cleveland, Denver, Phoenix and Seattle. Initially connecting to four H5 Data Centers locations, Zayo's CloudLink provides dedicated, high-performance bandwidth options, enabling secure connectivity directly to major public cloud providers.

Zayo's CloudLink provides on-ramps to the company's extensive fiber network, enabling global connectivity to the world's largest cloud services providers, thousands of on-net facilities, data centers and cloud service providers. H5's customers may choose traditional, aggregated bandwidth or FlexConnect, Zayo's usage-based Ethernet solution.

"As enterprise IT requirements continue to change, H5 Data Centers sees an opportunity to significantly increase the cloud interconnection options available to our customers," said Josh Simms, CEO at H5 Data Centers. "Our enterprise customers can now directly access Zayo's worldwide network of the largest cloud providers to support the most dynamic hybrid IT architectures."

"Zayo can now offer H5's customers high-performance access to more than 365 U.S. and international markets, including Zayo's Global Reach locations," said Mike Strople, president of Enterprise Networks at Zayo. "We've built an extensive global on-ramp network to connect to more than 180 cloud service providers that can support cutting-edge cloud and data centerconnectivity requirements."



About H5 Data Centers

H5 Data Centers is one of the leading privately-owned data center operators in the United States with nearly 2 million square feet under management. The company designs and engineers flexible and scalable data center and interconnection solutions to address the business and operational requirements of its customers. H5 Data Centers currently owns data centers in Ashburn, Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, and Seattle. For more information, visit www.h5datacenters.com.


About Zayo Group (News - Alert)

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (ZAYO) provides communications infrastructure services, including fiber and bandwidth connectivity, colocation and cloud infrastructure to the world's leading businesses. Customers include wireless and wireline carriers, media and content companies and finance, healthcare and other large enterprises. Zayo's 126,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. In addition to high-capacity dark fiber, wavelength, Ethernet and other connectivity solutions, Zayo offers colocation and cloud infrastructure in its carrier-neutral data centers. Zayo provides clients with flexible, customized solutions and self-service through Tranzact, an innovative online platform for managing and purchasing bandwidth and services. For more information, visit zayo.com.


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