FEATURE
DATA CENTER MARKET: DRIVERS AN BY KIERAN CLARK
[REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM 2022/2023 SUBMARINE INDUSTRY REPORT]
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yperscalers are an increasingly integral part of the submarine cable system development process. Amazon, Facebook, Google and to a lesser extent Microsoft have moved from capacity purchasers to cable owners. Not only are these Hyperscalers now driving where cables are going, they are helping to push along new innovations inside of the cable systems themselves. New transmission technology to manage higher capacity wavelengths, increased fiber counts for more overall system capacity and streamlined network management, and the push for open systems leading to shared system architecture are just a small sampling of new technologies and ideas these providers are backing.
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