Redmond, Washington/Phoenix, Arizona – 7 September 2023 – NTT Ltd. (NTT), a leading global IT infrastructure and services company, today announced that it is expanding its award-winning, tier-1 Global IP Network with a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Phoenix, Arizona, at phoenixNAP’s data center facility.
This expansion in one of the largest cities and fastest-growing local economies in the United States will allow NTT to connect not only with new clients in the area, but also existing customers in the other parts of the world looking to expand and add services in this important interconnection hub. The business and financial services, aerospace, technology, e-commerce, healthcare, and digital media sectors in this major metropolitan area will also benefit from increased connectivity and networking options.
NTT’s clients at phoenixNAP’s facility will be able to connect to the Global IP Network AS2914, providing them with the highest reliability and the lowest latency in Internet services.
“This new Point of Presence in Phoenix further supports the continued growth of our tier-1 Global IP Network across the world,” said Michael Wheeler, Executive Vice President of the Global IP Network division at NTT. “We are committed to increasing our ability to offer new interconnectivity options, including global reach to a greater number of Internet-centric businesses and organizations in the market.”
“We’re excited to welcome NTT and its Global IP Network into our carrier-neutral data center in Phoenix to deliver additional connectivity options for our clients and tenants,” said Ron Cadwell, CEO and Founder of phoenixNAP. “With next-gen infrastructure technologies, expert staff, and highest levels of physical and cyber security, our state-of-the-art facilities offer NTT the opportunity to expand its presence with the industry-leading reliability and performance its customers expect.”
About NTT Ltd.
As part of NTT DATA, a USD 30 billion IT services provider, NTT Ltd. is a leading IT infrastructure and services company serving 65% of the Fortune Global 500 and more than 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We lay the foundation for organizations’ edge-to-cloud networking ecosystem, simplify the complexity of their workloads across multicloud environments, and innovate at the edge of their IT environments where networks, cloud and applications converge. We offer tailored infrastructure and ensure consistent best practices in design and operations across all our secure, scalable, and customizable data centers. On the journey towards a software-defined future, we support organizations with our platform-delivered infrastructure services. We enable a connected future.
Visit us at https://services.global.ntt
About the Global IP Network Division of NTT Ltd.
The Global IP Network Division of NTT Ltd. owns and operates the Global IP Network, a tier-1 IP backbone which is consistently ranked among the top networks worldwide and covers the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The Global IP Network provides the best possible environment for content, data and video transport through a single autonomous system number (AS 2914), delivering a digital footprint that connects, manages and secures clients, employees and partners around the world.
NTT Ltd. has been recently named Best Global Wholesale Carrier – Data, Best North American Wholesale Carrier and Best Asia-Pacific Carrier at the Global Carrier Awards.
Visit us at https://gin.ntt.net
Media Enquiries:
Fernando Costantino
Director, Marketing & Communications, Global IP Network
NTT Ltd.
fernando.costantino@global.ntt
About phoenixNAP
phoenixNAP® is a global IT services provider with a focus on cybersecurity and compliance-readiness, whose progressive Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions are delivered from strategic edge locations worldwide. Its cloud, dedicated servers, hardware leasing, and colocation options are built to meet the always-evolving IT business requirements. Providing comprehensive disaster recovery solutions, DDoS-protected global network, and hybrid IT deployments with software and hardware-based security, phoenixNAP fully supports its clients’ business continuity planning. Offering scalable and resilient opex solutions with expert staff to assist, phoenixNAP supports growth and innovation in businesses of any size enabling their digital transformation.
Visit us at www.phoenixnap.com
