US data center services provider CoreSite will offer connectivity to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) at a number of its American data centers, becoming the first provider to bring direct connectivity to one of the largest internet exchanges in Europe and in the world to the US.

CoreSite customers can now extend their network into Europe with a single contract. Once connected to AMS-IX, they instantly have access to more than 500 networks, 375 route-server peers with open peering policies and about 1,000 customer ports the non-profit European exchange interconnects.

Job Witteman, CEO at AMS-IX, said the organization running the exchange in Amsterdam had been wanting to extend its reach outside of Europe, and chose CoreSite as a conduit.

“We see CoreSite as an important resource, helping us to realize our vision to reach networks within the US,” Witteman said. “The network density seen at CoreSite's One Wilshire campus and other facilities provides the optimal platform to achieve that goal.”

He was referring to CoreSite’s data center campus and carrier hotel at 1 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.

In addition to Los Angeles, the option to connect to AMS-IX is available at the provider’s Chicago, New York, Denver, Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., data centers.

The deal made AMS-IX part of CoreSite’s Open Internet Exchange Hub, a system that aggregates interconnection capabilities of the world’s largest internet exchanges.

CoreSite launched the hub in June, starting with the announcement that Telehouse America had expanded its New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX) into CoreSite’s data center at 32 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. NYIIX is the largest public internet exchange in the New York market.