The Rise of Cloud Connectivity in Mexico
Mexico’s cloud infrastructure is booming. Querétaro, in particular, has emerged as a key digital hub for data centers and cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expanding rapidly here, opening a second AWS Direct Connect location in Querétaro in January 2025 and investing in a full region in Mexico. For Mexican businesses, particularly those with data expatriation restrictions, this growth promises faster access to cloud services and new opportunities for digital transformation. However, taking full advantage of these developments requires robust network connectivity that offers high availability. This is where Flō Networks’ Cloud Connect service and its unique presence in both AWS Direct Connect locations in Querétaro become game changers.
AWS Direct Connect provides private, dedicated network links into AWS regions, bypassing the public internet. By connecting your network through Direct Connect, companies gain private, high-bandwidth access to AWS with lower latency and more consistent performance than typical internet connections. Instead of sending data over congested public routes, traffic travels directly to AWS’s backbone, avoiding bottlenecks and security risks. For organizations running hybrid cloud environments or latency-sensitive applications, this dedicated path can significantly improve user experience and reliability. Direct Connect access also offers economic benefits, with lower costs for outgoing traffic, compared to connectivity services through the public network.
Why access to both locations in Mexico matters
The two connections offered by Flō for AWS Direct Connect in Querétaro provide Mexican businesses with redundant entry points to the AWS cloud. Flō Networks is currently the only carrier with a presence in both of these AWS Direct Connect locations in Mexico, meaning it can offer customers a truly resilient cloud connectivity solution. This distinction is crucial because AWS itself recommends that you use more than one location for high availability (up to 99.95%). With Flō Networks, enterprises can establish primary and backup Direct Connect links via separate Querétaro facilities, all through a single provider. No other carrier offers this level of coverage today, which gives Flō’s customers a head start in building robust cloud architectures.
By leveraging both Direct Connect locations, businesses can maximize business continuity. If one connectivity point or data center faces an outage or maintenance, traffic can seamlessly failover to the other location, keeping cloud services reachable without interruption. This approach also opens the door to load balancing cloud traffic between two paths, further optimizing network performance.
Flō Networks Cloud Connect: Agnostic High-Level Capabilities
Flō Networks’ Cloud Connect is designed to make dedicated cloud connectivity simple yet powerful for enterprises. Flō provides private connections to all major cloud providers, not just AWS, but also Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud, and others. This means you can use one network partner for a one-stop connection to a multicloud environment, using our infrastructure that allows native connections from the backbone to each of these clouds, eliminating the need to manage separate links for each cloud provider.
As an AWS Direct Connect Delivery Partner, Flō Networks is authorized to provision and monitor Direct Connect links on behalf of customers. In practice, this translates to faster setup times and oversight of your connection’s health. Flō’s support team can handle the technical heavy lifting, from ordering the circuit to configuring virtual interfaces, freeing up businesses in-house IT staff. Once connected, companies gain visibility into performance via Flō’s customer portal and tools, letting you track bandwidth usage and latency 24/7. This integrated management ensures any issues are detected early and resolved quickly to meet strict SLA targets.
Unmatched Digital Infrastructure Paired with an Unmatched Partnership
We’ve built Flō Networks on a balance of approachability and technical excellence. As a company that originated in the border region of the United States and Mexico (founded as Transtelco in 2001), we understand both U.S. and Mexican business needs deeply. This allow us to create true partnerships with our customers, backed by robust engineering capabilities. This is why our team works alongside our customers’ IT staff to tailor solutions for specific requirements, rather than pushing one-size-fits-all services. With local presence in Mexico and a network spanning 14 countries in the Americas, we combine proximity and expertise in a way that few large global carriers can match.
In practical terms, choosing Flō Networks for AWS connectivity means you get a partner who will pick up the phone when you call, explain solutions in clear terms, and guide you through best practices, all while maintaining the rigorous service quality that mission-critical infrastructure demands. Our approach makes the difference in day-to-day operations, all while building a strong digital infrastructure that allows us to offer unmatched connectivity solutions. Ultimately, our goal is to let you focus on growing your business while we handle the connectivity challenges.
Whether you’re migrating critical workloads to AWS, setting up a hybrid cloud architecture, or simply looking to improve your cloud application responsiveness for users in Mexico, Flō Networks provides the backbone to make it possible.
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