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Globalinx subsea colocation

Pioneers of Subsea Carrier-Neutral Colocation in Virginia Beach

The subsea meet‑me point in Virginia Beach

Globalinx is a carrier-neutral colocation campus under 800 yards from the MAREA and BRUSA cable landing station. Carriers, cloud providers, subsea operators and enterprises interconnect here, a cross connect away from Spain, Puerto Rico and Brazil.

Globalinx network position in Virginia BeachSchematic diagram. Subsea fiber from Virginia Beach: MAREA to Bilbao, Spain; BRUSA to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Terrestrial fiber from Virginia Beach to Washington DC, Ashburn and Northern Virginia, Richmond and Henrico, Boydton and Southern Virginia, and Forest City, North Carolina.Continental edgeAtlantic OceanMAREABRUSAWashington, DCAshburn / Northern VirginiaRichmond / HenricoBoydton / Southern VirginiaForest City, NCBilbao, SpainSan Juan, Puerto RicoFortaleza, BrazilRio de Janeiro, BrazilVirginia BeachGlobalinx campus

Subsea fiber

MAREA to Bilbao, Spain. BRUSA to San Juan, Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro.

Terrestrial fiber

Washington DC, Ashburn, Richmond, Boydton and Forest City, NC

Cable-laying ship offshore with a line of orange buoys floating a subsea fiber cable toward the beach

Virginia Beach is the new continental edge

Virginia Beach Economic Development calls its city America’s “Digital Port” for its direct high-speed connections to the rest of the world. The MAREA and BRUSA subsea cables land here, linking the Mid-Atlantic with Europe, South America and the Caribbean.

From Corporate Landing Business Park, Globalinx is a literal beachhead for interconnection between subsea and terrestrial fiber capacity, and a diverse alternative to the landing stations in New York, New Jersey and Florida.

How the subsea ecosystem works

One building between the sea and the network

Globalinx hosts the equipment and interconnections that hand international traffic from subsea cables to terrestrial networks, in a secure, Tier III-designed colocation hotel.

  • Carrier-neutral colocation

    Cabinets, cages and private suites in a secure, Tier III-designed facility, with densities from 2 kW to 15 kW per cabinet.

  • Meet-Me-Room interconnection

    Network-to-network interconnections (NNIs) and cross connects between carriers, cloud providers, CDNs, MSOs and enterprises.

  • Subsea cable operator space

    Dedicated cable landing station space to host Power Feed Equipment (PFE) and Submarine Line Terminal Equipment (SLTE), handing wet-plant capacity to dry-plant terrestrial fiber.

  • Remote hands

    24×7 site access and remote hands service, with an online request form for scheduled work.

Direct access to the world’s highest capacity subsea cables

Globalinx completed its diverse fiber tie-in to the Telxius cable landing station in December 2018. Every tenant is on-net to MAREA and BRUSA, rather than reaching them from facilities more than 100 miles away.

MAREA

200 Tbpstransmission capacity

  1. Virginia Beach, VA
  2. Bilbao (Sopelana), Spain

The first subsea cable connecting Virginia and Spain, and the first transatlantic fiber cable to land in the Mid-Atlantic.

Owned by Telxius (Telefónica), Microsoft and Facebook

BRUSA

138 Tbpstransmission capacity

  1. Virginia Beach, VA
  2. San Juan, Puerto Rico
  3. Fortaleza, Brazil
  4. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Links Virginia Beach directly with Puerto Rico and Brazil.

Owned by Telxius (Telefónica)

Terrestrial fiber at or near the site

Multiple paths to Northern Virginia and southern and western hubs.

  • Level 3 Communications
  • Windstream
  • Lumos Networks
  • MBC
  • Metro Fiber Networks

The campus at a glance

A progressive data center design with multi-phase expansion capability, served by robust, redundant power from Dominion Energy.

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Design standard
Tier III data center design
Planned campus
287,000+ sq ft across four phasesOn a 21.5-acre dedicated site, as announced December 2018
Power
30+ MW via two substationsDominion Energy; 34.5 kV three-phase underground primary feeder, 115 kV transmission line in the park
Cabinet density
2 kW to 15 kW per cabinet
Elevation
17 ft above sea levelOutside the 500-year flood zone
Distance to landing station
Under 800 yardsFrom the Telxius MAREA and BRUSA cable landing station

Incentives built for data centers

Competitive data center equipment tax
Virginia Beach reduced the tax on data center computers and peripherals to $0.40 per $100 of assessed value, with a depreciation schedule of 40 percent of original cost (December 2017).
Dominion Energy certified site
Corporate Landing Business Park is certified by Dominion Energy as a data center site, the first and only one in Southeastern Virginia, with fortified power for growth.
Technology Zone
Corporate Landing is designated a Technology Zone, with additional incentives established by the Virginia General Assembly and streamlined permitting.
Offshore cable protection zones
The city is establishing offshore cable protection zones for Camp Pendleton and Sandbridge, the two diverse terrestrial landing routes near the campus.

Plan your presence at the continental edge

Talk to Globalinx about colocation, Meet-Me-Room interconnection or space for subsea equipment, or schedule a tour of the Virginia Beach campus.