Posted On: Mar 21, 2023
Today, AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Equinix MC1 data center in Muscat, Oman. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except China Beijing, operated by Sinnet), and China (Ningxia, operated by NWCD), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones.
The new Muscat location offers dedicated 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps connections, with MACsec encryption available for 10 Gbps connections. Using this new location to reach resources running in the Muscat AWS Local Zone is an ideal solution for applications that require single-digit millisecond latency or local data processing.
The Direct Connect service enables you to establish a private, physical network connection between AWS and your data center, office, or colocation environment. These private connections can provide a more consistent network experience than those made over the public internet. Using the Direct Connect SiteLink feature, you can send data between Direct Connect locations to create private network connections between the offices and data centers in your global network.
For more information on the over 115 Direct Connect locations worldwide, visit the locations section of the Direct Connect product detail pages. Or, visit our getting started page to learn more about how to purchase and deploy Direct Connect.