ChinaNetCenter, a CDN and IDC services provider in China, has signed with Equinix to expand its service delivery into the United States.

The company deployed a content delivery network (CDN) node in Equinix’s Los Angeles International Business Exchange (IBX) data center, LA1, to serve as a hub from which it can provide its CDN and Internet data center (IDC) services.

From broadcasting and television to enterprise and government, ChinaNetCenter’s customers span various industries, each with different and often changing bandwidth and security requirements. By working with Equinix, ChinaNetCenter can take advantage of carrier-neutral and carrier-dense data center facilities, as well as a thriving business ecosystem to optimize and extend its services globally.

Equinix IBX data centers offer more than 900 public and private networks to choose from, giving ChinaNetCenter greater choice and flexibility in terms of how it delivers customer content. This means that regardless of an end user’s equipment or location, they’ll have fast and secure access to ChinaNetCenter customers’ websites.

As a leading CDN and IDC provider in China, ChinaNetCenter serves more than 2,000 customers, including Huawei, ZTE, Audi andBaidu. Over the last 10 years, the company’s CDN services have supported a number of major events, including the English Premier League in 2011, both the World Cup and the Shanghai Expo in 2010, and the Olympic Games in 2008. ChinaNetCenter’s relationship with Equinix will help the company continue to deliver massive volumes of traffic for content owners.

David Liu, vice president, ChinaNetCenter, said: “To remain a CDN and IDC leader in China, it’s critical for ChinaNetCenter to utilize high-quality data center resources so that we can better serve our customers worldwide. By choosing to work with Equinix, we now have the agility we need to meet growing customer demands. Equinix provides consistent, reliable and extensible service to us, which is fundamental to our business development.”

Jim Poole, general manager of Global Networks and Mobility, Equinix, said: “ChinaNetCenter is a classic example of a company that is fully leveraging the global marketplace inside Platform Equinix to unlock new revenue streams. By positioning itself in key network traffic hubs and population centers, the company can host applications close to end users, helping improve the performance of its CDN and IDC services anywhere in the world.”

ChinaNetCenter was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Shanghai, ChinaNetCenter (Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd.) is the leading provider of professional CDN & IDC services in China.

It owns the licenses on trans-province value added services (ICD, ISP) issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.