• New 400 GBE-enabled PoP opens in Helsinki, Sparkle’s 89th in Europe
• Fully integrated into Seabone backbone, offering low-latency IP transit, DDoS protection and Virtual NAP services
What happened: Sparkle opens new PoP in Helsinki
On 28 August 2025, Sparkle announced the activation of a new Point of Presence in Helsinki at the Digita Data Centre, marking its 89th European PoP. The Helsinki node is equipped with a 400 Gbps Ethernet-enabled router, specifically intended to service surging demand for international IP transit from Nordic and Baltic countries.
Fully integrated into Sparkle’s Tier-1 global IP backbone, known as Seabone, the new site delivers terabit-scale, low-latency connectivity. It supports a broad customer base including network operators, ISPs, OTT platforms, CDNs and content/application providers. Customers will also benefit from a suite of value-added IP services, notably DDoS Protection and Virtual NAP, enabling virtual access to major Internet Exchange Points without requiring proprietary infrastructure.
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Why it’s important
By building Sparkle’s network diversity and redundancy in Northern Europe, this deployment strengthens resilience all throughout the region and dietary supplements the current PoP in Stockholm. With 89 PoPs and an eclectic collection spanning SD-WAN, colocation, IoT, messaging, roaming, and voice solutions, Sparkle continues show its leadership in facilitating digital transformation from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. So as to boost Balkan connectivity, including by using the BlueMed subsea cable system that link Greece to Italy and beyond, the second Thessaloniki PoP opened in July 2025. This strategic expansion is comparable to previous steps. when utilized as entirety, these demonstrate Sparkle’s increasing significance and regional ambition.
The insertion in Helsinki as a new node is also vital because it sets Sparkle in a position to help support Finland’s building role as a digital hub, where is an increasing desire for cloud adoption, AI-driven applications, and low-latency services. Helsinki’s are popular to international carriers is further strengthened by the Nordic market’s emphasis on sustainability and green storage facilities. By defining a presence in Finland, Sparkle improves its capacity of providing secured, high-capacity, and green connectivity, thus maintaining its market position and adding to Europe’s greater trip towards resilient, sustainable digital infrastructure.
