Lightedge

Delivering AI-ready infrastructure with resilient, compliant networking.

Lightedge

Delivering AI-ready infrastructure with resilient, compliant networking.

Unifying hybrid cloud infrastructure

Lightedge, a leading hybrid cloud and colocation provider, needed a secure and scalable network to connect its geographically dispersed data centers and support AI-ready workloads. With a secure IP backbone and wavelength services from Lumen, Lightedge unified its infrastructure, delivering low-latency connectivity, compliance-first design and seamless hybrid cloud operations for regulated industries.

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Unifying hybrid cloud infrastructure

Lightedge, a leading hybrid cloud and colocation provider, needed a secure and scalable network to connect its geographically dispersed data centers and support AI-ready workloads. With a secure IP backbone and wavelength services from Lumen, Lightedge unified its infrastructure, delivering low-latency connectivity, compliance-first design and seamless hybrid cloud operations for regulated industries.

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See how Lightedge scales hybrid cloud with Lumen (2:20)

Challenges

  • Faced rising demand for AI-ready infrastructure
  • Needed to unify data centers across dispersed markets
  • Required zero-downtime performance for regulated industries

Challenges

  • Faced rising demand for AI-ready infrastructure
  • Needed to unify data centers across dispersed markets
  • Required zero-downtime performance for regulated industries

Solutions

  • Lumen® Wavelength Services for consistent and low-latency connectivity
  • Lumen® Dedicated Internet Access for reliable blended bandwidth
  • Lumen® DDoS Mitigation to protect network availability and security

Solutions

  • Lumen® Wavelength Services for consistent and low-latency connectivity
  • Lumen® Dedicated Internet Access for reliable blended bandwidth
  • Lumen® DDoS Mitigation to protect network availability and security

Results

  • Saved approximately $1M annually through network optimization
  • Enabled seamless hybrid cloud operations across 7 data centers
  • Delivered scalable and compliant infrastructure for mission-critical workloads

Results

  • Saved approximately $1M annually through network optimization
  • Enabled seamless hybrid cloud operations across 7 data centers
  • Delivered scalable and compliant infrastructure for mission-critical workloads

What works for Lightedge

Lumen® Wavelength Services

Provides consistent latency and active-active routing for data centers.

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Lumen® Wavelength Services

Provides consistent latency and active-active routing for data centers.

Lumen® Dedicated Internet Access

Delivers reliable, high-quality internet via top-tier IP peering.

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Lumen® Dedicated Internet Access

Delivers reliable, high-quality internet via top-tier IP peering.

Lumen® DDoS Mitigation

Protects network availability with backbone-level threat scrubbing.

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Lumen® DDoS Mitigation

Protects network availability with backbone-level threat scrubbing.

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“Lumen’s responsiveness and route diversity have been vital to our ability to scale quickly and maintain service excellence—even as our infrastructure footprint expands.”

 

— Sean Stenger, Chief of Staff

Lightedge

“Lumen’s responsiveness and route diversity have been vital to our ability to scale quickly and maintain service excellence—even as our infrastructure footprint expands.”

 

— Sean Stenger, Chief of Staff

Lightedge

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