ENERGY & UTILITIES

Deploy highly reliable, IT infrastructure that energizes productivity and helps reduce costs.

Trusted by energy leaders

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8/10 Lumen serves 8 of the world’s 10 largest energy providers in 2018.

8/10 Lumen serves 8 of the world’s 10 largest energy providers in 2018.

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7/10 Lumen serves 7 of the world’s 10 top offshore drilling companies in 2019.

7/10 Lumen serves 7 of the world’s 10 top offshore drilling companies in 2019.

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8/10 Lumen serves 8 of the world’s 10 largest utility companies in 2018.

8/10 Lumen serves 8 of the world’s 10 largest utility companies in 2018.

Lumen® Edge Computing for Energy & Utilities

Near-zero latency for next-gen apps

Explore how our flexible edge computing solutions deliver scalable analytics via a grid designed for 5ms or less latency—helping reduce costs, minimize downtime and secure infrastructure to power a brighter future for your business and customers.

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EXPLORE EDGE
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A network built for connected exploration

Energy operations are geographically vast and technically complex. With global network coverage, Lumen is helping energy companies innovate like never before.

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Benefits

Chart-Growth

Accelerate growth

Expand into growing energy geographies including Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Canada and Mexico.

Accelerate growth

Expand into growing energy geographies including Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Canada and Mexico.

Data

Do more with data

Aggregate your data in the field and seamlessly connect to your core network or your cloud provider of choice.

Do more with data

Aggregate your data in the field and seamlessly connect to your core network or your cloud provider of choice.

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Improve ROI

Enable faster ROIs and reduce capital expenditures with our scalable, consumption-based network model.

Improve ROI

Enable faster ROIs and reduce capital expenditures with our scalable, consumption-based network model.

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Data Access Accelerator Features

  • Improve data transfer speeds by up to 27x across the network fabric
  • Includes access control lists (ACLs) and other in-place governance systems

  • Connect any client to virtually any cloud application without special software requirements
  • Leverage standard Server Message Block/Network File System (SMB/NFS) protocols

  • Utilize embedded network capabilities to access geographically dispersed data as if it were a local file system

  • Enable near-zero recovery times objectives (RTO)
  • Improve recovery point objectives (RPO) across any geographic distance

Partnering with industry leaders

Microsoft

Microsoft

Lumen is an Azure Expert MSP. Our services include secure, real-time multi-cloud connectivity.

Microsoft

Lumen is an Azure Expert MSP. Our services include secure, real-time multi-cloud connectivity.

IBM

IBM

We work with IBM Cloud Direct Link, IBM Business Resiliency Services and IBM Cloud Managed Services.

IBM

We work with IBM Cloud Direct Link, IBM Business Resiliency Services and IBM Cloud Managed Services.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Together we enable oilfield edge to core to cloud connectivity and sophisticated plant analytics.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Together we enable oilfield edge to core to cloud connectivity and sophisticated plant analytics.

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