Pacific Wave
Headquartered in , USA
Internet Exchange Operator
Pacific Wave is a distributed, research and education-focused, open Internet Exchange. It provides high-performance Internet connectivity among US Science and Engineering R&E institutions and their international partners. This infrastructure is critical for high-performance access to internationally supported instruments and large-scale data sources and repositories. Pacific Wave enables large-scale scientific workflows to accelerate discovery in all areas of science and engineering, including high-energy physics, earth sciences, astronomy and astrophysics, biology and biomedical engineering, as well as scalable visualization, virtual reality, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Its strategic location on the US West Coast facilitates the connection of Trans-Pacific undersea cables to US National and Regional Research Networks, such as Internet2 and ESnet. In collaboration with Internet2 and other US-based R&E Exchanges, the US science and engineering community is also connected to Europe, Central and South America, Africa, and beyond, thereby supporting a truly global high-performance research platform.
Pacific Wave has primary points of presence in Los Angeles, Sunnyvale, and Seattle, offering interconnectivity among peers as well as advanced measurement, monitoring, and analytic tools. Performance data gathered from passive and active measurements characterizes network traffic, monitors incident pathology, and provides visualizations. Pacific Wave's ongoing enhancements aim to meet demands for higher data rates, making possible the exploration and adoption of newly emerging technologies for improved performance, security, measurement, and monitoring.
Pacific Wave is a joint project of CENIC, the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, and the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP).
Its strategic location on the US West Coast facilitates the connection of Trans-Pacific undersea cables to US National and Regional Research Networks, such as Internet2 and ESnet. In collaboration with Internet2 and other US-based R&E Exchanges, the US science and engineering community is also connected to Europe, Central and South America, Africa, and beyond, thereby supporting a truly global high-performance research platform.
Pacific Wave has primary points of presence in Los Angeles, Sunnyvale, and Seattle, offering interconnectivity among peers as well as advanced measurement, monitoring, and analytic tools. Performance data gathered from passive and active measurements characterizes network traffic, monitors incident pathology, and provides visualizations. Pacific Wave's ongoing enhancements aim to meet demands for higher data rates, making possible the exploration and adoption of newly emerging technologies for improved performance, security, measurement, and monitoring.
Pacific Wave is a joint project of CENIC, the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, and the Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP).