Undersea and regional fiber optic cable systems connected to the DDC include: International: SeaMeWe3, Aden-Djibouti, EASSy/WIOC, and SEACOM. Two additional systems - AAE1 and SMW-5 - are expected to go live by end of 2014. Regional in Africa: Djibouti – Ethiopia, and Djibouti- Somalia cable systems, with near term plans for fiber connectivity to South Sudan. The strategic geographical location of the DDC offers service providers a new opportunity to reduce global network operating costs and greatly improve network resilience, latency and performance by accessing a Tier 3 level data center facility in East Africa. 

The DDC provides the capabilities to install, operate, and manage equipment and vital services in support of establishing an operator's local and regional network in Africa, including neutral collocation facilities, Internet Exchange, and other enhanced services in one of the fastest growing regions in the world.