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I don't believe it is from reading the comments on the article. It's not just this cable, every future Trans-Atlantic cable recently installed or planned withi
by christoph 10y ago
I don't believe it is from reading the comments on the article.
It's not just this cable, every future Trans-Atlantic cable recently installed or planned within the next 5 years ( except Hibernia Express, which goes to U.K. But also has a branch to Eire) is avoiding the UK.
But it has nothing to do with Brexit, the new systems are being driven by the content guys and they don't have any data centres in the U.K.
Brexit won't impact any future builds to the UK. The UK is still well served by the infrastructure installed during the .com bubble. although it is getting a bit long in the tooth now.
London will continue as global financial centre after Brexit, and new infrastructure will be built when it is demanded. Indeed Brexit should be seen as an opportunity to de-shackle the UK from Euro legislation to encourage more content players , data centre builders etc to base themselves in the UK and drive new cable builds to the UK.
- Peter Jamieson
Principal Engineer - Core Network Support at Virgin Media & Chairman - European Subsea Cables Association
EDIT: Here's a link to some further information: https://data-economy.com/avoid-uk-completely-go-directly-new-york-new-brexit-subsea-cable-link-eu-us/ https://data-economy.com/avoid-uk-completely-go-directly-new...