Hyperscalers are pushing the Gulf to rethink internet infrastructure as AI raises the stakes of cable disruptions.

Emboldened by its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is turning to one of the hidden arteries in the global economy: subsea cables beneath that carry vast internet and financial traffic between ...

Few parts of the Earth remain unconnected. By this, I mean that fewer and fewer corners of the globe exist without some sort of internet or digital connectivity. Quality and consistency obviously vary ...

In the early days of the pandemic, I began pondering the idea of healing. I stumbled upon a story about a cable repair vessel, the Leon Thevenin, which had attended to a cable break off the west coast ...

Iran's intention to levy tariffs on the undersea internet cables crossing the Strait of Hormuz has sparked concerns about the ...

A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic It was a February night off Taiwan’s southwest coast when cargo ...

HAMBURG — Ever since humanity conquered the oceans, we've been shipping valuable goods across the water. The winds that once billowed sails have long been replaced by roaring engines, and cargoes of ...

Undersea cables carry hundreds of terabits of international data per second, including government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming. Investment into new subsea ...

Sharks are innocent. Or at least they’re not eating the internet. As a family of cartilaginous fish, sharks are collectively not guilty of most, if not all, charges of biting, chomping, chewing, or ...

Undersea cables carry roughly 99% of global internet and AI traffic and are essential for offshore renewable energy transmission. The network is expanding rapidly, with 119 new cables expected in 2026 ...