Volta Data Centres has joined the Metro2C Alliance linking its central London site via a low latency connection into Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre.
The METRO2C Alliance targets latency sensitive trading participants such as exchanges, brokers and high-frequency traders, with services to transmit orders from the IFSC, Dublin directly to Volta's Great Sutton Street Data Centre via the CeltixConnect submarine network.
Sea Fibre Networks owns and operates the CeltixConnect network,
Volta's membership creates a low latency eco-system between Dublin's International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) and London's financial services trading community, the companies said.
CeltixConnect is the shortest submarine network on the Dublin - UK route. In London, through its centrally located data center Volta offers proximity hosting and low latency access to trading venues. The site has a diverse 33kV power supply fed by two separate substations of the national grid.
Diane Hodnett, CEO, Sea Fibre Networks said: "We are delighted to add Volta to the METRO2C Alliance. This collaboration not only benefits the financial services industry in the UK and Ireland but also supports the new wave of online media companies who continue to locate significant operations in both Dublin and London's Shoreditch and Silicon Roundabout areas."
Julian King, Commercial Director at Volta said: "We are pleased to become a member of the METRO2C Alliance. We welcome this collaboration to provide more connectivity options to the financial markets and offer our customers ultra-low latency, secure and resilient connectivity between the UK and Irish trading communities."