Amazon Web Services (AWS) will lay a new subsea cable across the ocean floor, connecting Maryland and Ireland. Amazon is already working on the cable, dubbed Fastnet, which should be up and running in 2028, David Selby, Director of Global Network Planning and Acquisition at AWS,Fastnet promises to be a “state-of-the-art” fiber optic cable system, transporting over 320 terabits per second. That’s enough to stream 12.5 million high-definition films simultaneously, or “transmit the entire digitized Library of Congress three times every second,” Amazon says.The installers will bore a hole for the cable, running horizontally from shore to shore, roughly 1.5 meters deep, with some variance depending on the topology of the sea floor. In general, subsea cables are roughly the size of a garden hose. This one will have “robust armoring…with additional layers of protective steel wires in nearshore areas to protect against natural and human activity,” Amazon says. What is your experience with Amzon AWS services

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