Atlanta, GA
Arelion Deploys Two New Routes From Jacksonville to Atlanta and Tallahassee, Expanding Gulf Coast Network
STOCKHOLM, May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Arelion today announced it has launched two multi-terabit capacity, low-latency routes from Jacksonville, FL to Atlanta, GA and from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, as well as an overbuild from Miami along Florida’s west coast up to Atlanta. These new routes enable Arelion to provide fully diverse connectivity services from Jacksonville to Atlanta via two direct routes. Arelion’s new routes enhance its capability to serve local traffic while also supporting subsea traffic flows into Atlanta from the Caribbean, Central America and South America through subsea cables landing in Jacksonville, continuing the global Internet carrier’s Gulf Coast network expansion.
Arelion’s new routes leverage the latest generation open optical line systems supporting C+L Band, sixth-generation coherent optics and multi-vendor 400G wave capability, empowering Arelion’s wholesale and enterprise customers with high-capacity optical transmission and fast service delivery. These routes will serve Atlanta’s booming data center market and growing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) applications, with Atlanta ranking as the sixth largest market for commissioned data center power. These routes seamlessly connect to Arelion’s diverse suburban ring to enhance metro connectivity in Atlanta, enabling Arelion to meet the demand for high-capacity bandwidth in Atlanta’s flourishing regional technology markets.
“These new investments in Georgia and Florida allow Arelion to serve the immense demand for reliable connectivity services and tremendous capacity amid Atlanta’s data center boom,” said Art Kazmierczak, Director of Strategic Sales and Network Development at Arelion. “By providing additional meshing and diversity into Atlanta, we can serve the connectivity requirements of local enterprises while supporting subsea traffic from Jacksonville and other Florida edge markets and sea cable landings, enabling low-latency cloud, content and AI/ML delivery across diverse industries.”
Further insights into this expansion and Arelion’s presence in the Gulf Coast:
- The new routes run from Jacksonville (Cologix-JAX1) to Atlanta (Equinix-AT1) and from Jacksonville (Cologix-JAX1) to Tallahassee (EdgeConnex-TAL01).
- The overbuild route enhances capacity and meshing from Atlanta (Digital Realty-ATL14) to Tallahassee (EdgeConnex-TAL01), continuing via Tampa (365 Data Centers) down to Miami (Equinix-MI1).
- Additional metro sites in Jacksonville include Telxius CLS and EdgeConnex.
- Tallahassee is a new market for Arelion, providing a local edge Point-of-Presence (PoP) and meshing/routing flexibility in the region.
- Additional metro sites in Tampa include the recently announced Flexential Tampa – North site.
- Arelion now has four diverse route options into Jacksonville and six diverse route options into Atlanta, with these two new routes going live in Q3 2024.
Arelion’s new routes provide North American customers with enhanced access to Arelion’s #1 ranked global Internet backbone, as well as Arelion’s portfolio of reliable, fully diverse connectivity services, including scalable 400G Wavelengths, IP Transit, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), Cloud Connect, Global 40G Ethernet Virtual Circuit (VC) and DDoS Mitigation services for service providers, content providers and enterprises.
About Arelion
Arelion solves global connectivity challenges for multinational enterprises whose businesses rely on digital infrastructure. On top of the world’s #1 ranked IP backbone and a unique ecosystem of cloud and network service providers, we provide an award-winning customer experience to customers in more than 125 countries worldwide. Our global Internet services connect more than 700 cloud, security and content providers with low latency. For further resilience, our private Cloud Connect service connects directly to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Oracle cloud across North America, Europe and Asia. Discover more at Arelion.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Contacts:
Arelion
Martin Sjögren, Senior Manager PR and Analyst Relations
+46 (0)707 770 522
[email protected]
Media Contact
Jeannette Bitz, Engage PR
+1 510 295 4972
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Atlanta, GA
Atlanta's Munir Meghjani and David Perdue broach difficult topics with 'Comedy & Conversations'
“Comedy & Conversations” is an immersive experience where comedy is used as a tool to engage with difficult social topics such as immigration, food insecurity, race and mental health.
Laughter is a universal language, and these shows thoughtfully pair comedians with subject experts for conversations that use humor to make group dialog engaging, understandable and actionable.
Atlanta activist and community leader Munir Meghjani created the series alongside comedian and “What’s Good Atlanta” host David Perdue. The next “Comedy & Conversations” event, “Reconstructing Reconstruction,” occurs at the Margaret Mitchell House at Atlanta History Center Midtown on Thursday, June 27.
The duo joins Summer Evans on “City Lights” to discuss the upcoming show.
Atlanta, GA
Ms. Lauryn Hill bringing tour to metro Atlanta in August
ATLANTA – 5-time Grammy winner and iconic figure in hip hop, R&B, and fashion, Ms. Lauryn Hill, is set to reunite with The Fugees for an extended leg of The Miseducation Anniversary Tour. This tour celebrates her landmark album, recently named the best album of all time by Apple Music. Fans can expect performances from “The Miseducation of Ms. Lauryn Hill,” “The Score,” and more.
The tour will cover 21 dates, with a notable stop at the Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta on Aug. 16. YG Marley will join as a supporting act, and The Fugees will co-headline all dates.
Ticket Sales Information:
- Presales: Begin Tuesday, June 25, starting with a Citi presale. Citi cardmembers can access presale tickets through the Citi Entertainment program. Details can be found at Citi Entertainment.
- General Onsale: Starts Friday, June 28 at 10 AM via LiveNation.
VIP Packages: Fans can purchase VIP packages that may include premium tickets, individual photo opportunities with Ms. Lauryn Hill & The Fugees, access to a pre-show VIP Hospitality Lounge, autographed posters, and specially designed gifts. For more information, visit VIP Nation or VIP Nation EU.
A portion of the proceeds ($2 from each ticket) will go to the MLH Fund, supporting mental health, women’s wellness, community small business development, education, and more.
Tour Dates:
- Fri Aug 09: Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Sun Aug 11: West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
- Fri Aug 16: Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
- Sun Aug 18: Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
- Wed Aug 21: Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann
- Fri Aug 23: Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
- Sun Aug 25: Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
- Wed Aug 28: Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
- Fri Aug 30: Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater
- Sat Aug 31: Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
- Wed Sep 04: Huntsville, AL – The Orion Amphitheater*
- Fri Sep 06: Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
- Sat Sep 07: Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
- Fri Sep 13: Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
- Sun Sep 15: Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Tue Sep 17: Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
- Fri Sep 20: Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
- Sat Sep 21: Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
- Sat Oct 12: Manchester, UK – Co-op Live
- Mon Oct 14: London, UK – The O2
- Fri Oct 18: Paris, France – Accor Arena
- Tue Oct 22: Amsterdam, Holland – Ziggo Dome
*Note: The Huntsville, AL date is not a Live Nation event.
Ms. Lauryn Hill’s influence on music, fashion, and culture is profound, with her album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” being inducted into the Library of Congress in 2015 and achieving numerous milestones, including being the first hip hop album to win a Grammy for Album of the Year.
Atlanta, GA
50 Cent Headlining Earn Your Leisure's 4th Annual Invest Fest in Atlanta
50 Cent will be front and center for the Earn Your Leisure’s Invest Fest in Atlanta — TMZ Hip Hop can reveal the booming businessman is this year’s headliner!!!
The event is right up 50’s alley … he and attorney Ben Crump recently went to Washington, D.C. in the name of Black entrepreneurship, pushing for minority representation in the alcohol biz … and we’re told he’ll speak to that topic and much more during the annual event.
Even more fittingly, 50 will succeed Diddy, who hosted last year’s Invest Fest, and we all know how “competitive” he’s been with Puff for years, and especially lately … in the wake of the latter’s slew of legal issues.
Earn Your Leisure co-founder Troy Millings tells us 50 represents “the powerful blend of culture and business,” — so, recruiting him for the coveted gig was an easy call.
Rashad Bilal believes 50 will leave attendees with invaluable lessons — “We believe [50’s] insights and experiences will inspire and empower our audience to pursue their own paths to financial freedom.”
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The last time we spoke with Troy and Rashad, they dropped gems on artists struggling on the touring circuit — and, fortunately, things have since picked up for everyone!
Invest Fest ’24 is happening from August 23-25 at the Georgia World Congress Center, co-sponsored by Steve Harvey, Matthew Garland and Michael MacDonald.
Expect plenty of other celeb and hip hop participation beyond 50 Cent … as T.I., Monica, Stephen A. Smith, Daymond John, Dee-1 and Pinky Cole are all on the event agenda.
Be there or keep your bank account square!!!
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