Managing Partner Howard Kidorf, along with TeleGeography, discussed the demand for international bandwidth in the episode “Sailing through the depths of connectivity: The state of subsea cables,” produced by Data Centre Dynamics on their Telecoms & Connectivity channel.
Demand for international bandwidth has surged, nearly doubling from 2020 to 2022, reaching an unprecedented 3.9 Petabits per second. In an era defined by connectivity, what challenges remain to connecting data centers to the customers they serve around the world? As the AI revolution approaches, is there enough capacity to transfer the amount of data coming down the pipeline?
This episode explored:
- The post-pandemic surge for connectivity and the impact on data center operators
- Balancing increases in demand with concerns around price erosion and the impact on investment
- The effect of bottlenecks in the subsea deployment supply chain, from ship availability to material shortages
- Future deployment and site selection predictions
Watch the entire broadcast here.