Britain is threatening subsea cable saboteurs with up to 14 years in prison and unlimited fines, having apparently decided that Victorian-era laws aren't quite up to the job of keeping Russian submarines away from critical infrastructure. More here:

🏗️ The construction of the Jintang Subsea Tunnel of the #Ningbo-##Zhoushan# Railway has reached a decisive milestone! 💪The shield tunnelling section on the Zhoushan side has officially entered the final 100-metre sprint. This steel giant that cuts through mountains and seas to link both banks is speeding from blueprints into reality!🚄⛰️🌊 #ZhouShanGrowth# #TravelinZhoushan#

GOOGLE $GOOGL IS BUILDING THREE NEW SUBSEA CABLES ACROSS THE AMERICAS, CALLING THE WHOLE PROJECT "AMERICAS CONNECT" The new systems, Alisios, Canoa, and OlaLuz, connect the Dominican Republic, Panama, Chile, Bermuda, and Florida, alongside a new branch of the existing Firmina cable and prior investments in Curie, Nuvem, and Sol. Alisios links the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Chile. Canoa connects the Dominican Republic to Bermuda, extending reach from Latin America and the Caribbean directly to Europe and North America. OlaLuz runs from the Dominican Republic straight to Florida. The buildout creates redundant rings across three regions: - Pacific: Chile to Panama to the US West Coast, serving Google Cloud regions in Chile, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas - Caribbean: Panama to the Dominican Republic, interlinking to the US East Coast and Google Cloud regions in South Carolina and Virginia - Atlantic: Dominican Republic to Bermuda, connecting to US East Coast and European Google Cloud regions in Madrid

This is what $META 7,000 km Petal subsea cable will look like connecting the U.S. and France by 2029. At 1,000 Tbps of capacity, Meta is effectively doubling transatlantic bandwidth as AI drives a much higher need for global data movement.

The internet is taking a detour around China. As tech giants reroute subsea cables to avoid geopolitical risks, they’re reshaping Asia’s digital map, writes @rpollard (via @opinion)

We’re announcing Petal, the next step in Meta’s subsea innovation and the first subsea cable to deliver petabit capacity across an ocean, doubling the capacity of today’s most advanced transoceanic cables.