Supply chain / Subsea cables
Equiano subsea cable
A Google cable running from Portugal down the Atlantic coast of Africa to South Africa, with branches serving Togo, Nigeria, Namibia and St Helena.
- Type
- Programme
- Where it sits
- A high-capacity western route to Africa, relevant to data centres in Lagos, Windhoek and the Cape Town area.
- Constraint
- Trade press describes onward capacity being sold through local landing-station partners rather than by Google directly (DatacenterDynamics, Paratus report).
- Maturity
- In use or open for access
What we checked
- Google's post names Portugal, Togo, Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa and St Helena on the route and records the cable arriving in Togo in March 2022. (source)
- Trade press reports a design capacity of 144 Tbit/s over 12 fibre pairs, and that the Namibian branch was activated on 12 June 2023. (source)
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