Cincinnati Bell-owned data center colocation and interconnection services provider CyrusOne has chosen Brocade routers to enable the state-wide Internet exchange it is building across its data centers in Texas.

CyrusOne has bought Brocade MLXe-series routers to install at its Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio data centers and at remote customer locations around the state. The data center company cited the European Internet Exchange Association in saying 40% of the European Internet-exchange market was powered by Brocade gear.

Josh Snowhorn, VP and general manager of interconnection at CyrusOne, said Brocade routers would facilitate 10GbE and 100GbE data traffic in and between its data centers.

“Brocade brings a great reputation for performance and uptime to the CyrusOne platform, as proven by its success serving the largest Internet Exchanges worldwide,” he said.

Brocade unveiled the latest 24-port 10GbE module for its MLXe-series routers this week at its annual Technology Day event in San Jose, California. Snowhorn presented on CyrusOne’s deployment at the event.

The new module is optimized for large-scale “supercore” networks operated by service providers and for Internet data center core applications. The module allows for scaling up to 768 10GbE ports within a single chassis.

CyrusOne’s parent company Cincinnati Bell, which bought it in May 2010 for US$525m, has filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to spin the data center business off through an initial public offering.

Cincinnati Bell announced the IPO plan in August.