News Release

March 29, 2024
NTT SmartConnect Corporation
Japan Internet Xing Co., Ltd.

NTT SmartConnect Corporation (head office: Osaka City, Osaka, President: Takafumi Makiuchi, hereinafter “NTT SmartConnect”) and Japan Internet Xing Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Akihiro Tsuru hereinafter "JPIX") will open an IX service connection point at NTT SmartConnect "Fukuoka Tenjin Data Center (hereinafter "Fukuoka Tenjin DC")" for the IX service in Fukuoka area from April 2024.

NTT SmartConnect has been providing colocation and optical cabling services in Fukuoka Tenjin DC in the Tenjin area since September 2023, in line with growing demand for interconnection services in the western Japan area. Fukuoka Tenjin DC is connected to NTT Hakata Building West Wing and QTnet Fukuoka Data Center 3 (QD3) via optical fiber, enabling high-quality and secure Internet interconnection.

Since 2022, JPIX has provided IX service in Fukuoka, the center of the Kyushu region.
IX service access point is expanded in Fukuoka Tenjin DC in order to cope with further expansion of interconnection demand in Fukuoka area by the optical fiber improvement in future.
We will further improve user convenience and contribute to the decentralization of traffic concentrated in the metropolitan area and the decentralization of traffic exchanges to eliminate delays.

NTT SmartConnect and JPIX will continue to work together to respond to increasing Internet traffic, such as improving connectivity through the expansion of interconnection sites and contribute to the further development of the Internet and the improvement of its reliability as a social infrastructure.

【Overview of Companies】

■ NTT SmartConnect Corporation
Company Name: NTT SmartConnect Corporation
URL: https://www.nttsmc.com/
Head Office: Grand Front Osaka Tower C13F, 3-1 Ofuka-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka
President & CEO: Takafumi Makiuchi
Business: Provision of data center services, housing services, cloud services, distribution platforms, streaming services, data analysis and utilization services

■ Japan Internet Xing Co., Ltd.
Company Name: Japan Internet Xing Co., Ltd.
URL: https://www.jpix.ad.jp/
Head Office: 18F KDDI Otemachi Bldg. 1-8-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
President & CEO: Akihiro Tsuru
Business: Provides IX service and additional related services.

【Inquiries about this service】
NTT SmartConnect Corporation
E-mail: info@mcnet.ad.jp

Japan Internet Xing Co., Ltd.
E-mail: planning@jpix.ad.jp

【Contact information from media】
NTT SmartConnect Corporation
E-mail: pr@nttsmc.com

Japan Internet Xing Co., Ltd.
E-mail: press@jpix.ad.jp