Infrastructure

€1bn undersea data cable plan to link Galway to Asia

The Irish government has backed the project which was rerouted after Russia invaded Ukraine

The Far North Fiber project cable would connect Europe directly to Asia and allow massive data transfers at speed, connecting major data centre hubs in Ireland to Asia.

The Irish government has backed plans for a new €1.1 billion fibre optic subsea cable connecting Galway and Norway to Japan through the Arctic Circle.

The Far North Fiber project will run a 15,000 kilometre route from the Norwegian coast to Greenland, with a line splitting off into Galway, before hugging the Canadian Arctic coast and passing by Alaska into the Pacific Ocean and on to Japan.

The cable would connect Europe directly to Asia ...