RVA757 Connects’ Global Internet Hub Strategic Plan is a bold and innovative approach to harness a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the future of the Richmond region and Hampton Roads.
Looking at the combined digital assets of both the Richmond region and Hampton Roads, it is easy to see why it really requires the digital infrastructure of both regions combined to become a Global Internet Hub.
Robust Local Terrestrial Networks:
- More than 30 major carriers and communication providers
- Growing dark fiber availability
Numerous Intercity Connections:
- Multiple diverse terrestrial fiber routes between Hampton Roads and Richmond region
- Growing and diverse connections to major centers including Ashburn (Northern Virginia), Chicago, and Atlanta
Dedicated Network Rings:
- The municipal governments of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk are building a 119-mile fiber ring that is expected to be completed by summer 2024
- An extension also is under construction in Isle of Wight and Southampton counties
Multiple Data Centers:
- 12 data centers operate in the megaregion
- More data centers are planned
- Two world-class data centers (QTS and Meta)
Reliable Power:
- 24% of Dominion Energy’s output powers data centers today
- Dominion Energy has the capacity to support digital infrastructure growth for years to come
Subsea Cables:
- Three subsea cables come ashore in the Camp Pendleton area of Virginia Beach
- Capacity available for fourth subsea cable
- Globalinx has received all permits for an additional cable landing site in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, with a capacity of four conduits.
IXs and IXPs:
- One Internet Exchange – DE-CIX – in Richmond region
