Instanbul supports alternative east-west and north-south routes, plus direct connectivity in central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, central Asia and the Caucasus and parts of North Africa
Colt Technology Services (Colt) has added a second point of presence (PoP) to its network in Istanbul, Türkiye. It was built to meet the growing demand for infrastructure capacity to support businesses’ AI and digital transformation plans. Colt’s infrastructure now connects to two established data centres in the city – one on both the European and Asian side of Istanbul which are separated by the Bosphorous Strait (pictured).
Colt has also upgraded its network capabilities in the city to improve resilience and reach, so local and international customers can access a broader portfolio of scalable networking solutions. They include optical, Packet Ethernet and enterprise IP services at speeds of up to 100 Gbps.
Istanbul is Türkiye’s leading financial and commercial hub and one of the very few cities in the world that physically spans two continents and is a natural interconnection point between Europe, Asia, the Middle East and parts of Africa.
Colt’s digital infrastructure in the region creates alternative east-west and north-south routes, providing direct connectivity in central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, central Asia and the Caucasus and parts of North Africa.
This reduces reliance on a small number of traditional Western European hubs and improves redundancy and failover for global customers. It also provides shorter, more direct data paths between regions and fewer network hops compared with routing traffic via Western Europe alone.
Joe Scattareggia, EVP –Infrastructure and Connectivity Sales, Colt Technology Services said, “Demand for high-capacity, low-latency infrastructure in Türkiye and its surrounding regions is rising fast, driven by factors such as AI workloads, cloud adoption and digital transformation.
“Deepening our loca presence in Istanbul means we can serve enterprise customers in‑country, meet data-residency, performance and resilience requirements, and support hyperscalers and neoscalers expanding into the region. It’s an exciting part of our continued investment in building exceptional infrastructure that powers the global AI economy.”
