data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/amazon” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/amazon”>Amazon seems to be on an investment spree lately. Shortly after penning down a deal to help build the U.S.’s first modular nuclear power reactor, the company is expanding the reach of its worldwide network, in the literal sense. The company has pulled the curtain back on data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/transatlantic-subsea-cable-us-ireland-fastnet-aws” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/transatlantic-subsea-cable-us-ireland-fastnet-aws” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Fastnet, a new intercontinental cable wiring Maryland, U.S., to County Cork, Ireland. The new fiber cable has a capacity of at least 320 Tb/s, or, as Amazon puts it, enough to transfer 12.5 million HD films per second.
The cable should…
