Joel Pacheco Gonçalves
In McAllen, interconnection has reached a point of clarity.
As of today, 100% of the Mexico networks operating in McAllen interconnect with MDC. That is not a claim about market share or positioning. It is a description of where the networks actually meet, exchange traffic, and design their cross-border paths. The ecosystem’s center of gravity is MCA2, 422 S 11th St., McAllen.
This did not happen overnight. MDC has been operating in McAllen for more than fifteen years, long before interconnection density became a talking point. Over that time, networks that were once spread across a traditional carrier-hotel model progressively consolidated into MDC’s meet-me ecosystem. The driver was always practical: fewer hops, simpler designs, cleaner execution.
What matters now is the outcome of that long process. Mexico’s interconnection in McAllen is no longer fragmented across locations. It is concentrated.
When all relevant networks are under one roof, the ecosystem behaves differently. Architects stop designing around gaps. Operators stop compensating for split sites. Cross-connects, peering changes, and expansions become routine work instead of bespoke projects. Routing decisions get simpler because the paths are shorter and more direct. Resilience improves because diversity can be engineered intentionally, not improvised.
This is what network gravity looks like when it becomes operationally visible, not as a concept, but as a daily reality for the people who plan, provision, and operate these networks.
The 2025 relocation fits into this story, but it is not the story itself. It was a final step in aligning the ecosystem physically with how it already functioned logically: one neutral core, operated by MDC, where Mexico networks meet the U.S. market and each other.
For operators designing cross-border connectivity, this removes ambiguity. There is no longer a question of where the interconnection hub is or where density lives. In McAllen, that answer is settled.
McAllen has always mattered as a gateway to Mexico. What has changed is not its relevance, but its structure. The ecosystem is now fully consolidated, fully neutral, and fully visible.
And that is what the “100%” reflects.
Additional context
For readers who want more detail on MDC’s ecosystem in McAllen and recent milestones supporting this consolidation:
- Bestel Consolidates McAllen Infrastructure at MDC MCA2 Facility, Exits Legacy Chase Building
- Axtel Chooses MDC’s MCA2 as Strategic McAllen Hub, Strengthening the Border’s Open and Unified Digital Ecosystem
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