Subsea Cables
The latest Subsea Cables coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
AWS Fastnet Subsea Cable Revolutionizes Cloud Performance and Reliability
The announcement of Amazon Web Services' new transatlantic subsea cable, Fastnet, represents a significant milestone in cloud infrastructure development that will directly impact Windows users,...
Pakistan Internet Crisis: Red Sea Cable Failures Cause Major Slowdowns
Multiple subsea fiber-optic cable failures in the Red Sea have triggered significant internet slowdowns across Pakistan, forcing major carriers and cloud providers to implement emergency traffic...
Slow Azure Connections? Blame the Internet's Fragile Undersea Backbone
Microsoft Azure customers across Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Europe woke up to sluggish cloud performance on September 6 after multiple submarine fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were...
$14B Oracle, $5.3B AWS, and a 1.5GW AI Campus: Saudi Arabia’s Desert Data Center Tsunami
Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, and Equinix are pouring billions of dollars into Saudi Arabia’s deserts, transforming barren landscapes into the world’s newest hyperscale data center hub. With a...
Red Sea Severed Cables Knock 17% of Internet Offline: Azure Customers Brace for Months-Long Repair Delays
At 05:45 UTC on September 6, 2025, a cluster of submarine fiber-optic cables snaking along the seabed near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was severed, instantly choking off roughly 17 percent of the internet...
Red Sea Cable Failures Trigger Internet Slowdowns Across South Asia; Azure Warns of Higher Latency
Internet connectivity across South Asia and the Gulf region has been severely degraded following a cluster of undersea cable failures in the Red Sea, with cloud providers including Microsoft Azure...
Azure Latency Surges as Red Sea Cable Cuts Test Global Internet Backbone
At approximately 05:45 UTC on Saturday, September 6, 2025, multiple high-capacity undersea fiber-optic cables traversing the Red Sea were physically severed, crippling a critical artery of the global...
Red Sea Cable Cuts Trigger Azure Latency Spikes; Microsoft Scrambles to Reroute Traffic
Microsoft Azure customers in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East began reporting sluggish performance on September 6 after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were severed, forcing the...
Landmines to Latency: How Conflict Endangers Heritage Sites and Cloud Connectivity
A landmine buried beneath a 500-year-old minaret and a severed fiber-optic cable 100 meters below the Red Sea may seem worlds apart. But for the communities that rely on cultural heritage sites and...
Red Sea Cable Damage Triggers Azure Latency Surge, Microsoft Reroutes Traffic
Microsoft has confirmed that multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were severed, triggering a surge in latency for Azure customers as traffic is forced onto longer alternative paths....
Microsoft: Azure Latency Surge as Red Sea Cables Cut, Traffic Rerouted
On September 6, 2025, Microsoft issued a service health advisory warning Azure customers that multiple undersea fiber-optic cable cuts in the Red Sea are causing increased latency and intermittent...