New TRANSLANT cable - US/VA to ES

Microsoft, Facebook, Telxius.

160TB, presumably each way, but no technical detail in this piece:

https://interestingengineering.com/microsoft-and-facebook-just-laid-a-6600-km-cable-across-the-atlantic-ocean

Cheers,
-- jra

In a message written on Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 11:47:40PM +0000, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

Microsoft, Facebook, Telxius.

160TB, presumably each way, but no technical detail in this piece:

TB or Tbps? Either way, they are old hat.

Can we get that expressed in Likes/second, or perhaps Windows
Updates/second?

https://youtu.be/YQ8J7U2bO3Q

https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/2_Gaudette_Open_Undersea_Cable_Systems.pdf

ha! isn't the last picture (the 'thankyou' slide) in that pack using a
picture from:
  http://networkstatic.net/google-data-center-pictures-year-in-review/

specifically:
  http://networkstatic.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/google-datacenter2.jpg

it's a cool presentation though :slight_smile: