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Amazon definitely has a lot of subsea investment but I don't think they fully own cables unless this WSJ piece is wrong. https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-ama
by alphabetting 4y ago
Amazon definitely has a lot of subsea investment but I don't think they fully own cables unless this WSJ piece is wrong. https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-amazon-meta-and-microsoft-weave-a-fiber-optic-web-of-power-11642222824?mod=hp_lead_pos8 https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-amazon-meta-and-microsof...
There is an exception to big tech companies collaborating with rivals on the underwater infrastructure of the internet. Google, alone among big tech companies, is already the sole owner of three different undersea cables, and that total is projected by TeleGeography to reach six by 2023.
Google has built and is building these solely owned-and-operated cables for two reasons, says Vijay Vusirikala, a senior director at Google responsible for all of the company’s submarine and terrestrial fiber infrastructure. The first is that the company needs them in order to make its own services, such as Google search and YouTube streaming, fast and responsive. The second is to gain an edge in the battle for customers for its cloud services.
- AdamJacobMuller 4y agoAmazon owns 1/6th of CAP-1 (FB/Meta own the other 5/6ths).