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8,700km Portugal-Egypt subsea cable deployment works kick-off

The Medusa Submarine Cable System, which will connect several ports across South Europe and North Africa, has begun construction works. When completed, the 8,700 kilometres route will link Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. The cable is being ...

July 04

João Marques Lima

PEACE cable begins data flows between North Africa and Europe

Infrastructure developers have completed and brough online the PEACE cable system’s Mediterranean segment (PEACE-MED). PEACE-MED, a part of the trunk of the 15,000km PEACE cable system, is a 3200km undersea cable that connects Egypt to France, with additional landing points in Cyprus and Malta. The system is being managed by telecommunications service provider PCCW Glo...

March 30

João Marques Lima

European Investment Bank to fund $374m Portugal-Egypt subsea cable

AFR-IX Telecom said it is closer to getting approval from the Portuguese State to moor its new subsea cable Medusa Submarine Cable System in Sines and the Greater Lisbon region. The cable is designed to be 8,700Km long and will land at the multi-billion Dollar hyperscale data centre campus Start Campus in Sines with a second location in Carcavelos in the outskirts of the Po...

January 13

João Marques Lima

Europe’s data centres to add $5.6bn in revenues amid services boom

The European data centre market is in frank expansion and expected to reach revenues of €14,722 million by the end of 2024. The 46% increase follows the record set in 2020 of €10,063 million, according to research and analysis firm Datacentre Pricing (DCP). Covering 17 European countries, 650 data centre providers and over 1,300 data centre facilities, analysts at th...

January 28

João Marques Lima