Subsea carrier-neutral campus in Virginia Beach
The Globalinx campus is a subsea and terrestrial fiber meet-me point: a dedicated cable landing station and a resilient subsea carrier-neutral colocation hotel at the heart of a new international connectivity hub.
Connectivity
Located in Corporate Landing Business Park, the Globalinx subsea carrier-neutral hotel is a literal beachhead for interconnection between subsea and terrestrial fiber capacity. Less than 800 yards from the Telxius cable landing station, it provides direct access to the MAREA subsea cable, an innovative project initiated by Facebook, Microsoft and Telxius and the first subsea cable connecting Virginia and Spain, and to the BRUSA subsea cable, linking Virginia Beach directly to Puerto Rico and Brazil.
Virginia Beach is fast becoming the alternative subsea cable termination point, offering cable operators and owners a viable, diverse option to the existing landing stations on Long Island and in New Jersey.
- MAREA (200 Tbps)
- Virginia Beach, VA to Bilbao (Sopelana), Spain
- BRUSA (138 Tbps)
- Virginia Beach, VA to San Juan, Puerto Rico to Fortaleza, Brazil to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Terrestrial fiber at or near the site
International, national and local fiber connectivity with multiple paths to Northern Virginia and to southern and western connectivity hubs.
- Level 3 Communications
- Windstream
- Lumos Networks
- MBC
- Metro Fiber Networks
Terrestrial routes from Virginia Beach
Destinations shown on the Globalinx subsea ecosystem map.
- Ashburn / Northern Virginia
- Washington, DC
- Richmond / Henrico
- Boydton / Southern Virginia
- Forest City, NC
Location and subsea carrier-neutrality
Virginia Beach is a unique location for subsea cable landings, completely diverse from the existing cable landing stations in the North East (New York and New Jersey) and the South East (Florida). It gives new subsea cables a place to land in the Mid-Atlantic.
The Globalinx subsea carrier-neutral colocation hotel provides facilities for Meet-Me-Room network-to-network interconnections (NNIs) for carriers and other entities with traffic on the MAREA and BRUSA subsea cables. Globalinx also plans to develop cable landing station space for subsea cable operators alongside the colocation hotel.
Globalinx is the meet-me point between subsea and terrestrial connectivity, providing access between North America, South America and Europe.
Services on campus
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.
Submit a remote hands request
Facility specifications
Energy provision is robust, redundant and low-cost. Private, autonomous data suites are built to each tenant’s space requirements.
- 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
- Phase I facility
- 10,750 sq ft1632 Corporate Landing Parkway, announced January 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
- Space options
- Cabinets, cages and private suitesPrivate, autonomous data suites sized to tenant requirements
- Elevation
- 17 ft above sea levelOutside the 500-year flood zone
- Security
- Secured, fortified perimeter fence
- Operations
- 24×7 site access and remote hands
- Distance to landing station
- Under 800 yardsFrom the Telxius MAREA and BRUSA cable landing station
Campus figures are from Globalinx announcements in 2018. Contact the team for current availability.
Economic incentives
Virginia Beach set out to have the lowest data center equipment tax rate in the state, alongside certified power and protected cable routes.
- 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.
Questions about the campus
Ask the teamWhich subsea cables can I reach from Globalinx?
Globalinx provides direct access to the MAREA subsea cable (Virginia Beach to Bilbao, Spain) and the BRUSA subsea cable (Virginia Beach to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Both land at the Telxius cable landing station on Corporate Landing Parkway.
How close is the campus to the Virginia Beach cable landing station?
The Globalinx campus is under 800 yards from the MAREA and BRUSA cable landing station. Globalinx completed its diverse fiber tie-in to the landing station in December 2018, so tenants are a cross connect away from Telxius facilities.
What does carrier-neutral colocation mean here?
Any network can establish a presence at Globalinx and interconnect with any other in the Meet-Me-Room. Carriers, subsea operators, cloud and content providers and enterprises can exchange traffic directly instead of backhauling to New York, New Jersey or Florida.
What colocation options and power densities are available?
Colocation is offered as cabinets, cages and private suites, with cabinet densities from 2 kW to 15 kW. The campus has access to more than 30 MW of power through two Dominion Energy substations.
Is the site at risk of flooding?
The campus sits 17 feet above sea level and outside the 500-year flood zone.
Which terrestrial networks are available?
Fiber at or near the site includes Level 3 Communications, Windstream, Lumos Networks, MBC and Metro Fiber Networks, with multiple paths to Northern Virginia and to southern and western connectivity hubs. Cox Business also partners with Globalinx for direct connections at the landing station.
See the campus for yourself
Schedule a tour of the Virginia Beach campus or talk through your space, power and connectivity requirements.