Avelacom Adds Third PoP in Tokyo

Low-latency network provider Avelacom is catering to the demands of market-makers, proprietary trading firms and investment bank trading desks interested in both local and global markets with the addition of a third point-of-presence (PoP) in Tokyo. 

The AT TOKYO Premium Colocation Space PoP joins Avelacom's two existing PoPs at Equinix’s TY3 and at AT TOKYO’s Chuo Data Center (CC1). 

Each data center has its own specificity. For example, Equinix’s TY3 data center mostly accesses foreign exchange electronic communications networks, while the AT Tokyo Premium Colocation Space accesses Japan’s commodity and equity derivatives markets. Alina Karpichenko, global marketing manager at Avelacom, says institutional players trade at multiple venues in multiple assets and they therefore have varying approaches to latency. 

“By launching three PoPs in Japan, we provide our clients with access to all asset classes in line with their latency strategy in a highly efficient manner,” she says, adding that the new PoP provides firms trading in Japan’s capital markets with ultra-low latency access plus increased stability.  

The Moscow-based provider has experienced double-digit growth in new business volumes in Asia-Pacific, driven mainly by demand for professional-grade connectivity services between the region’s trading venues and exchanges and those in Europe and the US. In November 2018, Avelacom shaved 10 milliseconds off existing connectivity between London and Tokyo, through a new route. 

With this third PoP in Tokyo, Avelacom is able to serve clients looking to access Japan’s stock, commodity, forex, crypto, and derivatives markets regardless of how latency-sensitive their strategy or their physical location. Avelacom says it plans to continue developing its services in the region to support global and intra-Asia trading.