SierraIG, a joint venture (JV) between dense dark fibre infrastructure provider SummitIG and Neutral Networks, a Mexican company focused on providing 100% neutral connectivity to carriers, service providers and operators, plans to establish itself as a pure-play dark fibre infrastructure provider in Mexico.
The JV is committed to building purpose-built and underground dense fibre infrastructure in key data centre markets throughout Mexico starting with Querétaro and Monterrey. SummitIG will hold a majority stake in SierraIG, marking its first operation outside the United States.
SummitIG designs, constructs and operates custom and purpose-built dark fibre connectivity. It says its approach to network architecture and fibre density along unique routes across its network platform enables hyperscale cloud providers, carriers, data centre operators and enterprises to seamlessly connect mission-critical data centre and cloud computing environments.
The SierraIG JV will utilise current fibre assets to data centres from Neutral Networks and has plans to expand its network infrastructure platform to 750 kilometres, with an investment of US$50million. SierraIG will provide custom dark fibre connectivity solutions between data centres for hyperscalers, cloud and content service providers, large enterprises, and both national and international carriers in Mexico.
The market is undoubtedly a very big one. Data centre operators and hyperscalers are investing billions of dollars in the region, and will need new, scalable and highly reliable network infrastructure to meet their connectivity demands.
As Sunny Kumar, CEO of SummitIG, explains: "SierraIG aligns the best-in-class resources and relationships across both organisations. SummitIG will provide growth capital and deep understanding of architecting and constructing critical digital infrastructure assets, while Neutral Networks will provide local expertise and knowledge in delivering and operating networks in the region."
