Hurricane Electric has announced its third location in Hong Kong, further solidifying its commitment to the bustling Asian market. The new Point of Presence (PoP), in HKCOLO, a neutral, network-dense carrier facility, is located at 8/F Sino Favour Centre, 1 On Yip Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong.

As Hurricane Electric continues to satisfy the IP transit demands of thousands of enterprises across Asia, this expansion comes at an important time in the Hong Kong region. According to the Government Chief Information Officer, the region’s Internet economy is experiencing extreme growth and is growing at a much faster pace than the traditional economy. To address this, the office released Smart City Blueprint, a plan to implement about 70 measures over the next five years to leverage the economy through innovation and technology. One of the main focuses is on fintech.

With the launch of Hurricane Electric’s PoP, customers of the HKCOLO and others in the area now have a variety of new connectivity options as well as the ability to improve fault tolerance, load balancing, congestion management and transit of next-generation IPv6 traffic. Additionally, tenants at the facility are able to exchange IP traffic with Hurricane Electric’s vast global network, which offers over 20,000 BGP sessions with over 7,200 different networks via more than 185 major exchange points and thousands of customer and private peering ports.

The Hong Kong PoP also provides access to Hurricane Electric’s extensive IPv4 and IPv6 network through 100GE (100 Gigabit Ethernet), 10GE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) and GigE (1 Gigabit Ethernet) ports and as a result, both new and existing customers will be able to experience increased throughput, reduced latency and improved reliability.

“Hurricane Electric is committed to meeting the needs of Hong Kong’s burgeoning innovation economy,” said Mike Leber, president, Hurricane Electric. “Hong Kong has positioned itself to be an important technological hub. Our third site in the region will allow customers of HKCOLO to tap into the bandwidth and reach of Hurricane Electric’s rich global network. We are grateful for the opportunity to support them.”