Vertical sectors
The proprietary infrastructure on which hyperscalers and cloud providers grow
Fibre optic backbone, submarine systems and AI-ready carrier-neutral data centres on which hyperscalers, OTTs and cloud providers build their presence in Italy and their connectivity towards Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Proprietary infrastructure for global digital ecosystems.
Italy is today a strategic hub in the Mediterranean: its geographic position, the concentration of cable landing stations across several coastal points and the growth of the metropolitan cloud ecosystem make it a natural transit hub for east-west data flows between Europe, Asia and Africa. At the same time, regulatory pressure on sovereign cloud, the AI Act and NIS2 is pushing cloud providers and hyperscalers to localise physical infrastructure on European soil, with Italian jurisdiction as an explicit requirement for a growing share of enterprise and Public Administration workloads.
Retelit responds with an entirely proprietary infrastructure perimeter: a national network, AI-ready carrier-neutral data centres, direct access to the main Internet Exchanges and submarine systems with 8 cable landing stations. Unlike models based on third-party capacity, Retelit manages network, data centres and international backbone under a single technical and contractual perimeter, with provisioning automation through industry-standard APIs and digital marketplaces to reduce inter-carrier activation times.
47.000 km
Of proprietary fibre optic, with WDM capacity up to 800 Gbps
38
Carrier-neutral data centres in Italy, expanding towards 60 MW IT by 2030
+170
Operators, hyperscalers and OTTs interconnected in Avalon Campus, the leading carrier-neutral interconnection hub in Italy
40 Tbps
Capacity of the AAE-1 submarine cable (Bari Hong Kong, 25,000 km), complemented by the new Magna Grecia Italy-Greece system under development
Requirements
The requirements of hyperscalers, cloud providers and OTTs.
What global digital ecosystems ask today of their Italian infrastructure partner, from backbone planning to the resilience of international routes.
High-density transport capacity for AI and cloud regions
The expansion of cloud regions and the growth of artificial intelligence workloads generate a demand for multi-terabit transport that requires high-density backbone, dedicated DWDM lambdas and geographically diversified paths between data centres, landing stations and Internet Exchanges. For those building AI-ready infrastructure, the availability of n×100G DWDM connections on physically separate paths is a design requirement, not an option.
Backbone, DWDM & AI capacity
Carrier-neutral interconnection and digital ordering
Proximity to peering hubs reduces sub-optimal routing, cost per gigabit and time-to-market. For carriers and hyperscalers operating on a global scale, the ability to activate Ethernet circuits, wavelengths and colocation through inter-carrier standard APIs or digital marketplaces is now an operational requirement: it reduces activation times from weeks to hours and enables direct integration with internal procurement systems.
Carrier-neutral & API ordering
Multi-cable submarine routes and geopolitical resilience
Data flows between Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa largely transit through the Mediterranean. The incidents suffered by submarine cables in recent years have shifted the planning of hyperscalers and carriers towards multi-cable and multi-landing strategies: more physically independent systems, diversified terrestrial backhaul and landing stations across multiple coastal points. Italy positions itself as a natural hub for east-west flows, with systems in service and new systems under development towards Greece and the Atlantic.
Multi-cable & geopolitical resilience
Data sovereignty
Data sovereignty, the AI Act and European compliance.
The regulatory pressure of the AI Act, NIS2, the Data Act and GDPR is pushing cloud providers and hyperscalers to develop regions with Italian and European jurisdiction, infrastructure physically rooted in Italy and backhaul independent of the main geopolitical bottlenecks. Avalon Campus and the Retelit network operate entirely on Italian territory, with ACN-qualified data centres for Public Administration services and ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 certifications across the entire infrastructure perimeter.
Solutions
The Retelit solutions for hyperscalers, cloud providers and OTTs.
Six service families on which global hyperscalers, OTTs and cloud providers build digital presence in Italy, access to Asia-MEA markets and automation of infrastructure procurement.
Transmission & Capacity
National and international backbone on proprietary fibre with high-performance transmission capacity, sized for the traffic of OTTs, CDNs and cloud providers and for the most intensive workloads. Diversified terrestrial and submarine paths make it possible to build resilient and scalable architectures between data centres, cable landing stations and European hubs.
Submarine Infrastructure & International Connectivity
Direct access to the main submarine systems of the Mediterranean, starting from the AAE-1 cable with landing in Bari and connection towards Hong Kong and the markets of Asia, the Middle East and Africa, complemented by the systems serving the routes towards Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. A new submarine system between Italy and Greece is under development, adding an independent route towards the Balkans. A network of cable landing stations and PoPs in the main European hubs completes international access.
Carrier-Neutral Data Center & Interconnection
A network of carrier-neutral data centres in Italy, with Avalon Campus as the country’s leading interconnection hub and over 170 operators, OTTs and cloud providers already present. Scalable colocation spaces, AI-ready facilities in expansion and cross-connects towards the entire ecosystem, within sites certified to the highest levels of reliability and powered by renewable energy.
Internet, Peering & Cloud Connect
Carrier-grade IP Transit, public and private peering towards the main Internet Exchanges and international carriers, with caching of the major content providers to reduce latency and cost per gigabit. Direct connections to the public clouds — Microsoft, Google and AWS — for hybrid and multicloud architectures that do not transit over the public Internet.
Ethernet & Wavelength Services
Dedicated Ethernet circuits and wavelength services on proprietary terrestrial and submarine fibre, with protection and diversified paths. The international Express Routes offer low-latency links and guaranteed performance towards the main European hubs, on physically independent routes between data centres and cable landing stations.
Automation & Digital Procurement
Automated quoting and ordering through industry-standard APIs and digital marketplaces, to integrate the purchase of connectivity and colocation directly into the procurement systems of international carriers. A digital experience designed to reduce the time between order and activation and to simplify the management of infrastructure services.
Regulatory compliance
Regulatory compliance for sovereign cloud regions.
Hyperscalers and cloud providers building Italian regions or delivering services to enterprises and Public Administration operate within an articulated regulatory perimeter: NIS2, GDPR, the AI Act, the Data Act and ACN Qualified Cloud. Retelit’s data centres, submarine systems and infrastructure services are certified and periodically verified by independent third parties, ensuring a documented and traceable compliance framework along the entire supply chain.
NIS2
European directive on the security of networks and information systems, applicable along the cloud supply chain.
GDPR
Protection and traceability of personal data processing under EU jurisdiction.
ISO/IEC 27001
Certified information security management system.
ACN Qualified Cloud
Qualification of cloud services for the Italian Public Administration.
Uptime Tier IV + ANSI TIA Rating 4
Maximum level of reliability and fault-tolerance on the Avalon Campus data centres.
ISO 22301 & LEED Gold
Business continuity certified to ISO 22301 and LEED Core & Shell Gold sustainability on the data centres, 100% powered by renewable sources.
Case Studies
The hyperscalers and cloud providers that chose Retelit.
Real-world projects with hyperscalers, cloud providers and digital operators that chose Retelit’s fibre network, submarine cables and AI-ready carrier-neutral data centres to connect Italy with Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Let's talk
Let's build your next project together.
A dedicated commercial and technical team supports the capacity, network and infrastructure teams of hyperscalers, OTTs and cloud providers throughout the entire project lifecycle: from the design of fibre adductions and international Express Routes to cross-connects in Avalon Campus, from the planning of submarine capacity towards Asia, the Middle East and Africa to API integration for automated ordering.
MAGAZINE
Insights from the Retelit world.
Articles, white papers and analyses from our magazine.
