Colocation provider Interxion’s Brick Lane data center has become the first outside of London Docklands to host one of London Internet Exchange’s (LINX) core nodes.

LINX currently has more than 510 members connecting from over 60 different countries worldwide.

Members have access to LINX’s direct routes from a large number of different international peering partners.

With the latest LINX node being installed in the city rather than Dockland’s, LINX said its members will benefit from more efficient connectivity as traffic no longer needs to be routed through core nodes in the Docklands.

LINX has added a core switch to the edge node it currently has at Interxion’s London data center campus, meaning it now becomes a core plus edge site for the Internet Exchange.

Interxion has double its carrier capacity at its Brick Lane facility in the past two years in a bid to reinforce its position as a leading provider of connectivity solutions.

Interxion’s director of connectivity Mike Hollands said more and more technologies and applications are moving online and into the cloud meaning connectivity is becoming more important in delivering those products and services seamlessly.