Arelion Launches Cross-Border Route Between Tijuana and San Diego
New fiber route connects Mexico’s service providers and enterprises to Arelion’s extensive North
American Backbone Network
STOCKHOLM, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Arelion today announced it has launched a fully diverse cross-border route from its new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at Neutral Networks’ data center site in Tijuana to Arelion’s existing PoPs in San Diego. This completely underground fiber construction enhances scalability and availability, supporting wholesale and enterprise customers with terabit-scale capacities and high-speed connectivity to American technology markets. This is Arelion’s first PoP in Tijuana and tenth regional PoP in Mexico, enabling access to its dual PoPs in San Diego and dual routes from San Diego to Phoenix and Los Angeles.
Arelion’s new expansion empowers Mexico’s local service providers and enterprises with direct connectivity to content providers in Southern California and access to the booming cloud and AI data center regions in Phoenix via San Diego. This network expansion also provides edge users in Mexico with reliable access to Arelion’s full ecosystem of cloud, content and AI applications. Arelion’s new route improves diversity and resiliency for its existing customers while enhancing its ability to quickly support new customers in Mexico with low-latency connectivity to its North American network. The route leverages the latest-generation open line systems and 400G coherent pluggable optics.
Local fiber providers are investing heavily in Tijuana and Mexicali amid technology market growth and new sea cable developments in the area, including the Bifrost cable. This market growth is driven by nearshoring investments in automotive, medical supply, aerospace and electronics manufacturing. 55 aerospace and defense companies and 122 electronics manufacturing companies have established operations in Tijuana. As a vital part of the global supply chain, real estate developers are investing $635 million to build 5.3 million square feet of industrial space in the city.
Arelion’s POPs in San Diego include:
Arelion’s additional Mexico PoPs include:
- One PoP in San Luis Potosi at Neutral Network’s site
- Two PoPs in Querétaro that serve Equinix’s MX1 and KIO Networks’ QRO sites
- Two PoPs in Mexico City operating in KIO Networks’ MEX2 and MEX5 data centers
- One PoP in Mérida, located at AiTelecom’s data center
- Two PoPs in Monterrey, serving Equinix’s MO1 site and Neutral Networks Pabellón M
- One PoP in Guadalajara at HostDime’s GDL data center
Edison De Leon, Regional Director of Latam & Caribbean at Arelion, said:
This new cross-border route allows us to support Mexico’s ongoing economic growth and digital innovation amid the continued rise of AI and cloud applications, proving instrumental in serving customers in diverse sectors across the main cities in Baja California, such as Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada,
“This new route allows Arelion to support massive traffic flows from Mexico into San Diego with terabit-scale capacities and fully diverse Tier-1 services, enabling cross-border connectivity to America’s thriving data center and technology markets.”
With this network expansion, Arelion provides customers with enhanced access to Arelion’s #1 ranked global Internet backbone, as well as Arelion’s portfolio of reliable, fully diverse connectivity services, including scalable IP Transit, Wavelengths, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), Cloud Connect, Global 40G Ethernet Virtual Circuit (VC) and DDoS Mitigation services for service providers, content providers and enterprises.
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