17 December 2024 – KDDI Corporation, parent company to Telehouse, has announced today the availability of AWS Direct Connect Location at its Telehouse Osaka data center. [▼1].
Telehouse Osaka customers can now directly access over 240 AWS cloud services, including AWS’s generative AI via AWS Direct Connect, a cloud service that links customer networks directly to AWS Regions (data centers) through a dedicated network from Telehouse Osaka. This enables low-latency and secure connections to their own cloud environments.
Telehouse Osaka will be the first data center in Japan operated by a Japanese telecommunications company, to provide a dedicated connection point to AWS Direct Connect [▼2]. Globally, this will be the third AWS Direct Connect site to implement the service, following Telehouse PARIS Voltaire and Telehouse London Docklands [▼3].
Takeyuki Yanagisawa, General Manager, Connectivity DC Planning Department at KDDI comments: “The AWS Direct Connect Location at Telehouse Osaka allows for the creation of a secure and private link between AWS cloud services and our customers’ IT systems within the data center. This setup significantly enhances throughput and ensures stability of our customers’ networks.”
“Additionally, by using the fiber core-based data center inter-connection service in the Osaka Business Park, customers can also access their IT infrastructure from other data centers.”
[1] AWS announces new AWS Direct Connect location in Osaka, Japan – AWS (amazon.com)
[2] as of December 17, 2024 AWS Direct Connect | Find Locations | Amazon Web Services (AWS)