Fb is currently preparing a new record-breaking submarine Internet cable that will link the US and Europe across the Atlantic. The company has entrusted the Japanese company NEC Corporation with the construction of the cable, which will include twenty-four pairs of fibers and will offer a capacity of five hundred Tbps, more or less double the current record (held by Google's Dunant cable). While it is not clear precisely where the new cable will be attached and when it will be completed, NEC claims it will provide very precise auxiliary capacity along a path that is expected to see a massive increase in traffic over the next decade.
Submarine Internet Cables
Although undersea Internet cables have been around since the late 2s, the technology has come a long way since then. For context, the first submarine fiber optic cable (TAT-eight) had only 2 operational fiber pairs and a maximum capacity of only XNUMX MB per second. The total number of submarine cables soared through a period of rapid development in the XNUMXs, followed by a period in which few new cables were laid but free capacity dwindled. Today, however, an increase in demand for web services and the volume of connected devices fuels a new wave of wired ideas. “Submarine cables connect continents and are the backbone of the global Internet,” Fb explained. "Our first transatlantic submarine cable system will deliver two hundred times more Internet capacity than the transatlantic cables of the XNUMXs." The new cable is one of those operated by Facebook and other members of the vile FAANG collective. Last month, for example, Facebook announced an extension to its XNUMXAfrica cable, making it the longest ever built. And in August, the company discovered that it would be working with Google on a new cable system developed to increase network capacity and resiliency in APAC. While it will be some time before anyone can take advantage of the backup capacity and redundancy offered by these cables, which take multiple years to build and deploy, the projects will allow the Internet giants to continue providing uninterrupted service like more Internet. Users spend little by little more time online.- Check out our list of the best CDN resellers