by Brianna Crandall — March 26, 2018 — Hudson Fiber Network (HFN), a premier data transport provider offering high-bandwidth, low-latency fiber networking solutions for financial, content, carrier and enterprise customers, confirmed last week its agreement with a leading Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to deploy smart grid connectivity across eight of the REIT’s prime buildings in Jersey City, Hoboken and Paramus, New Jersey.
The buildings on the outskirts of New York City will connect to the HFN smart-grid platform, allowing for mileage-insensitive cross-connect pricing with access to hundreds of commercial buildings and colocation facilities.
Specific advantages for the REIT’s tenants include:
- Full access to local/national WAN and data center footprint
- Smart grid protection via fully meshed redundant network
- Lowest latency connection to critical financial data centers’ hubs
- Underground fiber network with lit 100G, dark and passive services available
- Tenants’ ability to buy dark fiber to-from New York City
The locations include:
- 101 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ
- 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ
- 185 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ
- 34 Exchange Place, Jersey City, NJ (Harborside Plaza 1)
- 140 E Ridgewood Ave, Paramus, NJ
- 15 E Midland Ave, Paramus, NJ
- 461 From Rd, Paramus, NJ
- 650 From Rd, Paramus, NJ
Jeff Robator, HFN vice president of Operations, commented:
Technology and network solutions powering today’s tech-focused enterprises are growing at an exponential rate. Accessing the latest in fiber network via our smart grid technology supports all tenants’ data requirements whether public IP, private network, low-latency, SDN or direct connect cloud services. HFN purpose-builds any bandwidth scenario to optimize today and future proof tomorrow. The builds extend our presence into our client’s offices, enabling tenants to outperform through networks and eliminating their barriers for growth.
Catering to the evolving needs of modern tenants, the client partnered with HFN to provide state-of-the-art facilities and access to the best connectivity and communications services available. Deploying turnkey solutions for customized fiber network solutions, the REIT is now able to offer a significant connectivity advantage across all properties and upgrade every touchpoint of the tenant experience, says HFN.
Paramus, NJ-based Hudson Fiber Network (HFN) fully owns and operates the HFN Northeast Network connecting over 90 locations of the busiest traffic hubs in New York and New Jersey and onto its national WAN spanning the top 16 markets in the US. The HFN suite of purpose-built solutions enables clients with increased network efficiency and lower overall networking expenditures. Services include Gigabit Ethernet, optical wave solutions and IP connectivity (10 MB through 100 Gig), and are delivered in and between key US and global metropolitan markets.
