Microsoft and Facebook to jointly build MAREA, a subsea cable across Atlantic ocean

The cable is initially designed to carry 160 terabits of data per second, the companies said.
Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc have agreed to jointly build a subsea cable across the Atlantic Ocean to meet growing demand for high-speed cloud and online services.
The construction of the new “MAREA” cable will begin in August and it is expected to be completed in October 2017, the companies said in a statement on Thursday.
The 6,600 kilometer cable, the first to connect the United State