on the bustling research campus in Biopolis and Fusionopolis, Singapore, with hyper-scale density, operational simplicity, and low energy consumption. NSCC/A*STAR is the first publicly announced customer to use this new member of the Cloud Xpress family.
A*STAR is a public sector agency in Singapore that leads cost-driven research to advance scientific discovery and the development of innovative technology. A*STAR oversees 18 biomedical and physical sciences and engineering research entities, primarily located in Biopolis and Fusionopolis. The A*STAR network provides high-performance computing (HPC) resources for the entire A*STAR community of over 800 active users. In addition to managing several high-end computers, A*STAR is responsible for the rapid growth of data storage resources. Infinera's Cloud Xpress provides 100 GbE and enables A*STAR and NSCC to meet the needs of their research users' most demanding applications with a reliable, high-capacity optical network.
Ideal for interconnecting high-performance data centers, Cloud Xpress leverages Infinera's photonic integrated circuit technology to support up to one terabit per second (Tb/s) of inbound and outbound traffic in just two rack units. Infinera's Cloud Xpress delivers a full 500 Gb/s WDM super-channel of network-side line capacity over a single fiber, without the need for external multiplexers or amplifiers. With the 100 GbE platform, the Cloud Xpress family includes three solutions optimized for 10 GbE, 40 GbE, and 100 GbE interfaces. Infinera's Cloud Xpress remains the only deployed platform offering high capacity, ultra-low power, and a rack-and-stack form factor, enabling customers like NSCC/A*STAR to scale with minimal space and power.
“Working with our partner Dimension Data, we are pleased to offer NSCC and A*STAR a data center interconnect solution that meets their bandwidth demands in their space- and power-constrained data center locations,” commented Stu Elby, Senior Vice President of Cloud Network Strategy and Technology at Infinera. “Cloud Xpress is a data center-built platform that addresses the needs of Singapore’s scientists, particularly in the rapidly growing field of genomics and bioinformatics.”
“Dimension Data helps global IT, data, and technology providers identify and implement best-in-class solutions to accelerate our customers’ ambitions,” said Png Kim Meng, Managing Director of Dimension Data Singapore. “This is our first foray into the optical networking space, and we are delighted to partner with Infinera to help customers achieve their current and future business objectives. Infinera’s Cloud Xpress is a powerful data center interconnect solution that offers scale, operational simplicity, and low power consumption, making it an excellent choice for the ever-increasing demand for research infrastructure from Singapore’s research community.”.
Infinera introduced the Cloud Xpress family in 2014, offering a WDM solution optimized for cloud service providers, internet content providers, internet exchange service providers, and other large-scale data center operators. Infinera recently expanded the Cloud Xpress family by announcing Cloud Xpress with 100 GbE.
