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Hurricane Electric

Internet Backbone and Colocation Provider

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Hurricane Electric operates its own global IPv4 and IPv6 network, described as the largest IPv6 backbone in the world by number of connected networks. The company is connected to over 320 major exchange points and exchanges traffic directly with more than 9,600 networks. It uses a resilient fiber-optic topology with at least five redundant 100G paths across North America, five separate 100G paths between the U.S. and Europe, 100G rings in Europe and Asia, a ring around Africa, and a PoP in Australia. Hurricane Electric owns and operates two data centers in Fremont, California, including Hurricane Electric Fremont 2, a 200,000 square-foot facility. IPv4 and IPv6 transit solutions are offered over the same connection, with connection speeds of 100GE, 40GE, 10GE, and gigabit ethernet.

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