Microsoft and Facebook announced Thursday that they will work together to build a cable high-speed Internet through the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
The new submarine cable, “TIDE”, is scheduled for late 2017, with the aim of responding to the growing demand for faster connections and reliable customer data technology companies.
“As the world moves increasingly towards a system based on cloud computing future, Microsoft continues to invest in our cloud infrastructure to meet global demand for our more than 200 cloud services “he said in a statement Christian Belady, director general data center strategy of the company.
TIDE will be more capacity submarine cable connection has crossed the Atlantic, with a capacity of information estimated at about 160 terabytes per second, according to both companies.
The 6,000 km cable will be the first to connect the United States with southern Europe as it will go from Northern Virginia to Bilbao, Spain, as Microsoft and Facebook said.
From Spain, the data network will be linked with centers in Africa, the Middle East and other parts of Europe, according to the companies.
Microsoft and Facebook said that working on this project with global communications companies as Telxius, owned by Telefonica.
“We are always evaluating new technologies and systems to deliver the best possible connectivity,” said the vice president of engineering networks Facebook, Najam Ahmad.
“We want to do more projects like this summer (northern hemisphere), which will allow us to go faster in the collaborations”.
Microsoft bought a part of Facebook nine years ago, paying $ 240 million for 1.6% of the shares of the social network.
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