Enterprise definition

Data Center Interconnect (DCI)

Private connectivity between data centers or colocation facilities, with related facility-interconnect paths available to other network locations.

What it means

DCI means Data Center Interconnect: private connectivity between data centers or colocation facilities. A broader facility-interconnect design can use the same transport methods to include enterprise sites, carrier meet points, IX ports, or cloud-adjacent handoffs.

Where it fits

Colocation-to-colocation paths
IX port access
Carrier meet point access
Cloud on-ramp access
Enterprise facility interconnect

What we'll talk through with you

Which facilities or meet points are involved?
Do you need Layer 2, wavelength, dark fiber, or routed service?
What handoff speed and interface do you need?
Do you need protected service or physically diverse paths?
Which side owns or manages the equipment at each end?

Important context The phrase DCI can hide important details. The actual design depends on handoff, route, resiliency, and who operates each layer.

How it shows up in a real project

A customer needs a private 100G path from a colocation footprint to an exchange port. Quad State Internet delivers the interconnect and supports the route.

Learn the goal

We start by translating the business need into endpoints, capacity, term, resiliency, and support expectations.

Map the meet points

We identify carrier meet points, IX ports, cloud on-ramps, colocation footprints, or private handoffs that matter.

Choose the model

The answer may be DIA, IP Transit, Type II access, dark fiber, wavelength, IRU, managed transport, or a blend.

Build the path

Quad State Internet can build, coordinate, light, monitor, document, and support the route after turn-up.

Data Center Interconnect (DCI)

What it means

Where it fits

What we'll talk through with you

How it shows up in a real project

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