Case Study

RACKSPACE LEVERAGES AMS-IX CHICAGO TO ENHANCE INTERCONNECTIVITY AND LOWER COSTS AT DIGITAL REALTY’S ELK GROVE VILLAGE DATA CENTER

RACKSPACE LEVERAGES AMS-IX CHICAGO TO ENHANCE INTERCONNECTIVITY AND LOWER COSTS AT DIGITAL REALTY’S ELK GROVE VILLAGE DATA CENTER

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Digital Realty helped Rackspace by hosting the AMS-IX Internet Exchange node at its Elk Grove Village, Chicago data center, enabling Rackspace to establish interconnections with multiple parties in other data centers. This proximity to AMS-IX eliminated third-party last-mile fees, reducing peering costs and enhancing network redundancy. As a result, Rackspace was able to maintain a 100% network uptime SLA, improve service reliability, and lower operational costs by leveraging Digital Realty’s highly connected and cost-effective interconnection platform.

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