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Microsoft and Facebook on Thursday reported that they will cooperate to lay a fast Internet link over the base of the Atlantic Ocean. Another, sub-ocean "MAREA" link was required to be finished by late 2017, with the point of taking care of developing demand by the tech organizations' clients for quick, dependable information associations.
"As the world is increasingly moving toward a future based on cloud computing, Microsoft continues to invest in our cloud infrastructure to meet current and future growing global demand for our more than 200 cloud services, " Microsoft data center strategy general manager Christian Belady said in a release.
MAREA will be the most elevated limit sub-ocean link regularly crossing the Atlantic, with a normal limit of somewhere in the range of 160 terabytes for each second of information, as per the organizations. The 6,600-kilometer link framework will likewise be the primary interfacing the United States and southern Europe, running from Northern Virginia to Bilbao, Spain, Microsoft and Facebook said.
From Spain, the information system will connection to center points in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and different parts of Europe, as indicated by the organizations. Microsoft and Facebook said that they are working with worldwide correspondences organization Telxius, claimed by Telefonica, on the internet cable venture. "We're always evaluating new technologies and systems in order to provide the best connectivity possible," said Facebook vice president of network engineering Najam Ahmad. "We want to do more of these projects in this manner - allowing us to move fast with more collaboration."
Microsoft got tied up with Facebook nine years ago, paying $240 million (approx Rs. 1,609 crores) for a 1.6 percent stake in the leading social network organization.
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