Edge data centre provider Leading Edge Data Centres has signed a deal with network provider Megaport to enable direct connectivity to public cloud providers. Leading Edge is now able to offer connectivity from its Newcastle data centre to public cloud providers including Microsoft, AWS and IBM, through Megaport's marketplace. The connections are enabled through Megaport’s on-demand Software-Defined Network (SDN). Leading Edge said customers could combine their private cloud requirements with a direct on-ramp service to leading public clouds. Megaport’s public cloud provider ecosystem is home to more than 350 service providers including Alibaba, AWS, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Nutanix, Oracle Cloud, Salesforce, Rackspace and SAP.