Sparkle strengthens Chile presence with new PoP in Santiago

Global operator Sparkle has opened a new point of presence (PoP) in Santiago, expanding its network in Chile and adding to existing nodes in Santiago and Valparaiso. The new site sits in Ascenty’s data centre hub and uses a 400GBE-enabled router for IP transit, fully integrated with Sparkle’s Seabone Tier-1 IP backbone (AS6762). The company says this should give local customers more diverse and redundant routes, while improving connectivity across South America.

Tied to the Curie submarine cable between Chile and California, the PoP supports high-speed, low-latency links to the US. Together with other terrestrial and subsea systems such as Monet, Seabras-1 and the upcoming Manta cable in the Atlantic, Sparkle can route traffic between South and North America over multiple paths for full redundancy. The node offers capacity and IP transit services plus options like DDoS protection and Virtual NAP, which lets operators and content providers reach major internet exchange points without building their own infrastructure. With this launch, Sparkle now runs 54 PoPs across the Americas as it pushes to deepen its role in Latin America’s international connectivity market.