Cloud Giants Reroute Internet

YemenMore than 90% of Europe-Asia data capacity runs under the Red Sea.

The Houthis seized Yemen’s side of the Bab al-Mandab strait in September, putting the cables inside a war zone.

Google paid 2-3 times the roughly 6 million euros expected for newer Turkish fibre, a person familiar with the deal said.

“The repair ship issue is very real,” said Paul Brodsky, senior research manager at TeleGeography.

Microsoft said 23 September it will invest more than $400 million in Middle East subsea and land links by 2030.

Sources: Rest of World