When two tech giants unite , can not be expected unless new amazing magnitudes. And this is the case. Microsoft and Facebook announced that they will build a submarine cable across the Atlantic to join the United States in Spain. The aim is to improve the speed and security of online services.
The cable, called Tide, will begin construction in August and is expected to be ready by October 2017. Will be it consists of eight fiber pairs and initial bandwidth will be 160 terabytes per second. The world’s most powerful and dimensions worthy of science fiction. It is that is 16 million times faster than any typical home connection. The cable will be 6,600 kilometers long and infrastructure will be in charge of Telxius, a subsidiary of Telefonica.
This initiative seeks to better meet the demands of connection and consumption data users, who are increasingly greater. It will open infrastructure, so you can work with technology from various manufacturers. And, as expected, Facebook and Microsoft have priority in traffic .
“The Tide cable will help meet increased demand for high speed and reliability for connection cloud and online services Facebook and Microsoft and its customers,” highlighted the companies said in a statement.
Marea go from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Bilbao in Spain and from there distributed to other sites in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
The route wiring in the United States will be a little further south than the systems found in New York. The distance, apparently, would provide better and safer connections.
“We want to better serve our customers and provide the kind of reliable connectivity they deserve, why continue to invest in new and innovative ways to continuously improve services cloud Microsoft as the global internet infrastructure “he remarked Frank King, director of the Global Network Microsfot Acquisition Corporation.
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