Network Developments

Investing in Our Network

We’re constantly investing in our network, expanding where our customers need it the most. Our network spans 53 cities across 17 countries, with 18 metropolitan city networks serving Europe’s major connectivity hubs. Our six state-of-the-art Super Highway networks provide diverse, high-capacity long haul connectivity between Europe’s busiest regions.

Recent Developments

Super Highway Frankfurt to Strasbourg

Super Highway Frankfurt to Strasbourg

Expanding our Super Highway network to provide diverse, high-capacity long-haul connectivity between Frankfurt and Strasbourg.

Super Highway Paris to Lille

Super Highway Paris to Lille

Delivering unique Super Highway connectivity between Paris and Lille – the first phase of a larger fibre system from Paris to Amsterdam.

Super Highway Frankfurt to Paris

Super Highway Frankfurt to Paris

A Super Highway delivering a shorter and more direct path between Frankfurt and Paris, unique in its routing, innovative in design and build, and brings substantial new data centre to data centre fibre capacity to the European market.

Super Highway Amsterdam to Frankfurt

Super Highway Amsterdam to Frankfurt

Continuing our Super Highway development further into Europe, linking Amsterdam to Frankfurt. We’ve delivered new fibre capacity, new ILA sites, and new route diversity.

Delivering the Lowest Latency to the Euronext Exchange

Delivering the Lowest Latency to the Euronext Exchange

We completed a series of network optimisations on our ultra-low latency routes from London and Frankfurt to Euronext’s core data centre in Bergamo, Italy.

Quantum Communication Success on Rockabill

Quantum Communication Success on Rockabill

A series of experiments were conducted on our Rockabill subsea network, pushing the boundaries of quantum communication and paving the way for the future security of private data.

Belgium Expansion

Belgium Expansion

We expanded in Belgium through the acquisition of a duct-based 1,660km fibre network, adding unique routes in Brussels and across Belgium to the benefit of our customers.

Exclusive Partnership to Deliver Ultra-low Latency London to Madrid

Exclusive Partnership to Deliver Ultra-low Latency London to Madrid

An exclusive partnership on CrossChannel Fibre system to deliver ultra-low latency services to the financial community and a strategic relationship enabling the sale of dark fibre services using the system.

40km Hollowcore Fibre System Deployed

40km Hollowcore Fibre System Deployed

A new 26km deployment of hollowcore fibre, connected to the 14km deployed in September 2022, delivers a global first of 40km end-to-end total system distance with no mid-span amplification.