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DE-CIX IXs Growing Where Submarine Data Flows Connect Continents

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DE-CIX IXs Growing Where Submarine Data Flows Connect Continents

Fundamental to the global network of networks that makes up the Internet are the undersea cables that span the oceans connecting continents. One fundamental seabed for submarine interconnectivity is the Mediterranean Basin, home to fiber connecting Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. dotmagazine spoke to Theresa Bobis, Regional Director South Europe at DE-CIX, about two new cables that landed in Marseille and Palermo in late 2016, and why the Mediterranean is important to future global traffic flow.