Netflix, zColo to be primary infrastructure sponsors for Florida Internet Exchange

Netflix and Zayo Group colocation subsidiary zColo will be the primary infrastructure sponsors of the Florida Internet Exchange (FL-IX), zColo said. Akamai, CloudFlare and Host.net are FL-IX’s other initial member participants. FL-IX will be a member-managed peering platform serving the southeastern U.S. and several Latin American markets, and will be based out of zColo’s Miami data center. Netflix’s participation in FL-IX “reflects our commitment to the Open IX model and providing greater optionality for exchanging traffic,” said Dave Temkin, Netflix director-network architecture and strategy, in a Zayo news release Tuesday. “The Miami market needs more connectivity alternatives to NAP of the Americas and we anticipate FL-IX will be well received by many major content and network providers.” Netflix will provide switching equipment and related technology to run FL-IX, while zColo will house FL-IX and will provide power and underlying network connectivity (http://bit.ly/1vwror3).