CoreSite adds 100G Ethernet virtual circuits to OCX interconnection platform

CoreSite has added a 100 Gbps bandwidth option for Ethernet Virtual Circuits (EVCs) on its Open Cloud Exchange (OCX) software-defined interconnection service, expanding the top-end capacity available for private connectivity between markets and hybrid IT deployments.

OCX is designed to let CoreSite customers stand up direct, secure, high-performance paths over a private network to public cloud providers, network carriers, and partner, vendor, and customer ecosystems. With 100G EVCs, the OCX platform now supports higher-bandwidth interconnection paths intended for workloads that push packet volume and throughput requirements, including AI, machine learning, high-performance computing, and real-time analytics.

For data center operators and network architects, a 100G EVC option is a practical step up for inter-market transport and cloud adjacency use cases where 10G or lower-speed virtual circuits can become the bottleneck. The engineering question quickly shifts from “can I provision it?” to “where does 100G fit in the end-to-end path,” including optics choices, cross-connect capacity, and how path diversity and protection are implemented across the interconnection fabric.

CoreSite also pointed to a government customer using 100G connectivity to interconnect deployments across its Silicon Valley, Northern Virginia, and Orlando data center campuses using OCX. In that architecture, the customer avoided using multiple long-haul carrier circuits by establishing private connectivity across the three markets through CoreSite’s software-defined platform. CoreSite said this approach includes built-in path protection for resiliency, and that OCX’s on-demand provisioning lets the customer scale bandwidth to match changing workload requirements.

CoreSite said customers access OCX through a self-service interface, and that higher-bandwidth connections are available across CoreSite markets without long-term contracts.

Open Cloud Exchange (OCX) is part of CoreSite’s interconnection portfolio. CoreSite operates as an American Tower company.