Almost every day we hear of new AI data center projects all around the world. Is the international infrastructure, including subsea cables, keeping up with the exponential increase in data traffic? Speaking at ITW in Washington, D.C., Michael Trabbia, CEO from Orange Wholesale explains:
- The global internet experiences a 20 to 30% traffic growth every year, necessitating a dramatic increase in infrastructure. This includes submarine cables, long haul fiber, and the backbone of the internet that needs constant rebuilding to accommodate the data traffic surge.
- Orange manages extensive infrastructure, including 450,000 km of submarine cables, 45,000 km of backbone fiber, and 27,000 towers for mobile subscribers. This infrastructure is key to their strategy and they continue to invest in it, not only to serve their customers but also to collaborate with other telcos worldwide to ensure the internet remains global.
- Despite the increasing demand for traffic, Trabbia remains optimistic about the ability to invest fast enough in the infrastructure to manage it. The traffic growth is well-known, and they know the routes to invest in and how to work together with other telcos to mutualize the investment. This collaboration will continue to improve the quality of the internet and prepare it for the demands of generative AI and the internet of tomorrow.
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