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Digital Realty to build subsea cable landing station at LA data center

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Digital Realty is developing a cable landing station within its LAX12 data center in El Segundo, California, to directly connect subsea fiber optic cables to its facilities. This project, a collaboration with Assured Communications, aims to facilitate the transfer of capacity between Asia-Pacific and North America, with operations expected to commence in 2028. The initiative is driven by increasing demand for bandwidth, partly fueled by AI workloads, and seeks to provide a more efficient and flexible interconnection point for subsea capacity. AI

IMPACT Increases bandwidth availability for AI workloads by bringing subsea capacity directly into data centers.

RANK_REASON This is a new service offering by a data center provider, not a core AI model release or research.

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Digital Realty to build subsea cable landing station at LA data center

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  1. Data Center Knowledge TIER_1 English(EN) · Sean Michael Kerner ·

    Digital Realty Plans Cable Landing Station at Los Angeles Data Center

    Digital Realty's first turnkey cable landing station is designed to bring subsea capacity directly into an established data center and interconnection environment.

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