Seaborn Networks Selects Equinix for First Sao Paulo Gateway to US

BOSTON, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Seaborn Networks, the developer and operator of the first direct Sao Paulo – US cable system (Seabras-1), today announced it is establishing its first Brazil gateway in Equinix's International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Equinix's facility in Sao Paulo (SP2) provides data center services to customers in Latin America, and offers critical overseas connectivity to the financial and commercial center of the United States.

Seaborn Networks' Brazil – US submarine cable is a four-fiber pair, 32 Tbps system that will offer the first direct route between Sao Paulo and New York City.

Equinix's SP2 IBX data center is located in a key metropolitan area, offering a full range of interconnection and data center services to a wide range of financial, networks, enterprise, content, cloud and IT services companies.

For customers in Equinix's SP2 data center, access to Seabras-1, the only direct route between Sao Paulo and the US, will be only a cross-connect away.

"Seaborn understands the importance of leveraging strategic points of presence in key metropolitan areas," said Larry Schwartz, CEO of Seaborn Networks. "We selected SP2 as our first gateway from Brazil to the US because it provides us with access to the single largest concentration of carriers, content providers and other companies that require a direct route between Sao Paulo and New York City."

Jim Poole, General Manager, Global Networks and Mobility for Equinix, said, "We are very pleased that Seaborn Networks has selected Equinix's data center in Sao Paulo to offer its high quality service between the major commercial centers of Brazil and the US. We are seeing strong demand from Equinix customers for access to and from Latin American markets. By offering direct connectivity to Seaborn's low latency route between Sao Paulo and New York we can support the needs of key global customers looking to expand in the region."

About Seaborn Networks
Seaborn Networks is the developer and operator of Seabras-1, the first direct fiber optic cable between the United States and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Seabras-1 is a 32 Tbps system that will connect New York and Sao Paulo, with a branch that lands in Fortaleza, Brazil. Seaborn was founded by successful submarine cable and wholesale carrier executives with experience in designing, building and operating many of the world's largest submarine and terrestrial networks. Prior submarine systems designed, built and operated by Seaborn's workforce represent a total of 75 landing stations, 250 points of presence and 250,000 km of submarine cable (more than 6X the circumference of the earth). www.seabornnetworks.com

SOURCE Seaborn Networks