CANARIE, ESnet, GÉANT, and Internet2 Unveil Highest Capacity Transoceanic Connectivity for Research and Education
Mar 14, 2024
400 Gbps Spectrum-based Circuits Deployed on New Subsea Cable System to Advance Global Scientific Collaboration and Innovation WASHINGTON, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet2, in a joint effort with CANARIE, the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), and GÉANT, announced today a major expansion of 400 gigabits per second (Gbps) transoceanic circuit capacity dedicated to transferring research and education (R&E) data. As part of the Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) collaboration, this marks a significant achievement in high-speed connectivity between North America and Europe, supporting data-intensive science globally. ANA's network expansion supports multinational, data-intensive science collaborations, including the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), the ongoing effort to build the world's largest radio astronomy observatory. It adds much-needed capacity for transmitting instrument findings to researchers globally, enabling ground-breaking discoveries. The joint effort adds three 400 Gbps spectrum circuits between exchange points in the U.S., U.K., and France. The new connections utilize the record-breaking 400 terabits per second (Tbps) trans-Atlantic Amitié subsea cable system completed in July 2023, which spans 6,783 kilometers (4,215 miles). The flexibility and scalability of these spectrum circuits enable significant capacity growth on the same infrastructure, achieved through future equipment upgrades at exchange points. The collaboration among CANARIE, ESnet, GÉANT, and Internet2 to leverage the new subsea infrastructure started in 2020, following an R&E community-driven proposal to modernize and augment intercontinental connectivity to support research. It culminated after a years-long process of technical planning, acquisition, and deployment. As a result, the global R&E network fabric gains critical capacity and resiliency between Full story available on Benzinga.com
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