Microsoft, Facebook Build Undersea Cable for Faster Internet
- Project will build highest capacity cable under the Atlantic
- Construction to start in August and finish October 2017
Microsoft, Facebook Team Up on Undersea Cable Project
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Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. are teaming up to build an undersea cable in the Atlantic Ocean to deliver fast online and cloud services to customers of both companies.
The cable, designed to have a bandwidth of as much as 160 terabytes per second, will be the highest capacity one of its kind under the Atlantic, the companies said in a statement Thursday. It will be operated by Telxius, a unit of Telefonica SA. It will stretch 6,600 kilometers (4,100 miles) from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Bilbao, Spain.