DE-CIX Frankfurt, one of the world's largest internet exchanges, has announced a major technology infrastructure upgrade, designed to support the launch of its newest interconnection platform, DE-CIX Apollon. The development of the state-of-the-art platform in TelecityGroup’s Gutleutstrasse facility in Frankfurt has enabled DE-CIX’s backbone to gain the capacity needed to support the growth of Europe's internet bandwidth requirements.

Harold Summa, DE-CIX CEO, said Apollon had to be located in highly interconnected facilities, such as the TelecityGroup data center in Frankfurt. “ At DE-CIX we have a long relationship with TelecityGroup and we are well aware of the company’s ability to deliver the most flexible and resilient environments,” he said.

As a key international Internet Exchange Point (IXP), DE-CIX forms an essential part of the global internet infrastructure, providing a public junction point for carriers (telecoms networks service providers), ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and content providers to exchange internet traf´¼üc.

Ongoing growth of the European internet economy has resulted in current peak traffic levels of more than 2.5 terabits per second through the DE-CIX public peering platform, compared to an average of less than 0.5 terabits in 2009 – growth of over 400 percent in just three years, according to a Telecity statement.

DE-CIX Apollon will provide the full spectrum of Ethernet-based interconnection services, including DE-CIX’s premium peering at access speeds from 1 Gigabit to multiple 100 Gigabit ports, depending on its clients’ requirements.

DE-CIX Apollon in Frankfurt is currently being deployed, expected to launch in December 2013.