Reliable connectivity is no longer optional.
For data centers, ISPs, WISPs, hosting providers, enterprises, and infrastructure operators, upstream diversity can directly affect performance, resiliency, routing control, and customer experience.
But not every facility has the carrier choice its tenants or network operators need.
In many buildings, customers are limited to the providers already available on-net. When the right IP Transit option is not present inside the facility, operators may have to work around limited upstream choices, use less flexible connectivity paths, or consider moving infrastructure elsewhere.
SHIFT is introducing a more practical path.
The SHIFT Tailored Backbone Extension gives customers, facilities, and network operators a way to request direct access to SHIFT IP Transit in locations where SHIFT is not currently on-net.
If your infrastructure is already in the right building but your upstream options are not, SHIFT can help evaluate a tailored path to bring IP Transit closer to where you operate.
A Tailored Path to Bring SHIFT IP Transit On-Net
Every facility is different.
Some buildings already have the space, power, cross-connect access, fiber availability, and operational support needed for a fast deployment. Others require more planning, coordination, or demand validation.
That is why SHIFT is approaching backbone expansion as a tailored facility review.
Instead of waiting for a provider to eventually expand into a market, customers and facilities can bring potential locations directly to SHIFT for evaluation.
Where there is customer demand, facility support, and a practical deployment path, SHIFT can review the opportunity and determine whether extending backbone connectivity into the building makes sense.
What SHIFT Can Deliver
The SHIFT Tailored Backbone Extension is designed to help customers and facilities explore direct access to SHIFT services inside a specific building.
Depending on the location and deployment requirements, SHIFT can evaluate support for services such as:
- Dedicated IP Transit
- BGP connectivity
- Upstream diversity
- Carrier-grade routing
- Scalable bandwidth options
- Connectivity for ISPs, WISPs, enterprises, hosting providers, and infrastructure operators
- Access to SHIFT’s carrier and hosting ecosystem
The goal is simple:
Help customers access stronger connectivity options where their infrastructure already lives.
Why Bring SHIFT Into Your Facility?
For many operators, moving infrastructure is not practical.
Servers, routers, cabinets, customer equipment, cross-connects, and operational processes may already be built around a specific facility. Relocating to another building just to access a different upstream option can create cost, complexity, and downtime risk.
A tailored backbone extension can create a better path.
Customers can explore direct access to SHIFT IP Transit without relocating equipment. Facilities can add another connectivity option for current and future tenants. Network operators can gain more flexibility, diversity, and control over their upstream design.
For facilities, this can also create commercial value.
Carrier choice can help attract new tenants, support existing customers, and make the building more competitive for bandwidth-heavy users.
For customers, the advantage is direct:
More upstream options where your infrastructure already sits.
Who This Is For
The SHIFT Tailored Backbone Extension may be a good fit for:
- Data centers that want to add another IP Transit provider on-net
- WISPs and ISPs looking for additional upstream diversity
- Fiber operators and regional networks that need more transit options
- Enterprises with larger bandwidth requirements
- Hosting providers and infrastructure companies
- Facilities with tenants requesting more carrier choice
- Customers willing to help anchor demand for a new SHIFT presence
- Network operators that want stronger connectivity options without moving equipment
If your facility, network, or customer base would benefit from direct access to SHIFT IP Transit, this is the conversation to start.
How Facility-Supported Expansion Works
SHIFT reviews each location based on demand, facility readiness, and deployment feasibility.
Facilities or anchor customers can help support the review process by providing or coordinating:
- Rack, cabinet, or equipment space
- A/C power
- Cross-connect access
- Building access
- Remote-hands support
- Meet-me-room or carrier-neutral interconnection options
- Coordination with existing fiber or transport providers
This type of facility-supported model keeps expansion practical.
It allows SHIFT to evaluate locations where there is real customer need, while giving facilities and tenants a direct way to request additional connectivity options.
What SHIFT Reviews
When reviewing a potential tailored backbone extension, SHIFT may consider:
- Facility location
- Existing and expected bandwidth demand
- Current carrier availability in the building
- Customer or tenant interest
- Facility readiness
- Space and power availability
- Cross-connect options
- Fiber or transport availability
- Deployment timeline
- Operational support at the site
There is no one-size-fits-all answer.
The purpose of the review is to understand the location, the demand, and the practical path to deployment.
What to Send SHIFT
If you want SHIFT IP Transit in your facility, send us the key details about the location.
Useful information includes:
- Facility name
- City, state, and country
- Type of facility or network environment
- Estimated bandwidth need
- Current carrier options
- Whether other tenants or customers are interested
- Desired timeline
- Whether the facility can support space, power, cross-connects, access, and remote hands
The more context you provide, the easier it is for SHIFT to review the opportunity.
Request a Tailored Facility Review
Limited carrier choice should not automatically mean limited network options.
If there is customer demand and the facility can support deployment, SHIFT can evaluate a tailored path to bring IP Transit into your building.
For data centers, this can mean more value for tenants.
For network operators, it can mean more upstream diversity and routing flexibility.
For hosting providers and infrastructure companies, it can mean better connectivity options without relocating equipment.
For enterprises, it can mean bringing stronger network access closer to the infrastructure they already operate.
Want SHIFT IP Transit in your building?
Request a tailored facility review.
Send us your facility location, estimated bandwidth needs, current carrier options, and any available details about space, power, cross-connects, and building access.
Email: sales@shifthosting.com
Bring SHIFT IP Transit to your facility.
