{"id":595678,"date":"2026-09-10T04:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/595678\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T04:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:12:17","slug":"spark-launches-dedicated-data-centre-interconnect-service-with-ciena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/595678\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark launches dedicated data centre interconnect service with Ciena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Zealand is emerging as a strategic regional hub for hyperscale and AI data centres, added Ciena\u2019s vice president for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Matt Vesperman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpark is taking advantage of this opportunity, creating a foundation for delivering high-speed DCI services with Ciena\u2019s WaveLogic technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spark said it is leveraging WL6e coherent optics running on Ciena\u2019s Waveserver\u00a0platform, which is optimised to advance DCI deployments across metro, regional, and longer-distance networks. Spark is also utilising Ciena\u2019s\u00a0Navigator Network Control Suite, for comprehensive visibility and management of its network, enabling automated capacity planning, service fulfilment, and troubleshooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand is emerging as a strategic regional hub for hyperscale and AI data centres, added Ciena\u2019s vice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-595678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}