Cloud services provider Interoute has launched a Virtual Data Center (VDC) zone in New York in a bid to expand its cloud services globally.

The VDC provides latency as little as 68 μs between Interoute’s London and New York VDC zones. The company said users of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform have the benefit of a low latency, globally-distributed cloud at their fingertips.

Interoute has VDC zones in eight countries worldwide, six in Europe.

Its VDC is built into the foundations of its international Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and internet backbone.

Interoute VDC customers are given access to its entire network of computing resources across the platform and are able to create custom compute and storage in any location globally.

The VDC offers users the option of public, private or hybrid cloud services as standard, defined at the network level.

Interoute said its customers have the flexibility to move and store data where it is needed, whether that is in Europe, North America or Asia.

Using a high level of location density and automation means Interoute’s customers can restrict their data to a single location or distribute it rapidly across new geographies and markets.

Interoute said this provides a faster end-user experience by minimizing latency in users cloud architecture and help ensures business compliance with relevant data legislation.

It said because the computing power of Interoute VDC is built into the network, data transfer between international Interoute VDC zones is free.

Interoute’s CTO Matthew Finnie said European developers and businesses with sights set on the US need more than just a data center to effectively gain a presence there.

Finnie said: “They need a networked cloud to give them the speed and performance to compete.”

“Opening our first US zone in New York is part of Interoute’s expansion beyond its European base, following the launch of our Hong Kong zone earlier this year”.