Charting the Depths: The World of Subsea Cables
Charting the Depths: The World of Subsea Cables
Data may be stored in the “cloud,” but when it comes to sending and receiving data, a lot of that action is actually happening along the depths of the ocean floor.
Hidden beneath the waves, these subsea cables account for approximately 95% of international data transmission.
These maps, by Adam Symington, use information from TeleGeography to show the distribution of subsea cables around the planet.