AWS Global Infrastructure and Sustainability Blog
Category: Innovation and Reinvention
Sta’O’Nuk: How a new transpacific subsea cable will reshape cloud connectivity between North America and Japan
Subsea cables are the unseen circulatory system of the modern internet. Thinner than a garden hose yet carrying 99% of all international data, these fiber optic lines crisscross ocean floors connecting continents, economies, and people.To meet ever-increasing demands for bandwidth, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is developing Sta’O’Nuk, a new low latency, high-capacity subsea fiber optic […]
How a new AWS optical network solution delivers unmatched scale and efficiency across its global infrastructure
The custom-built Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) transponder from AWS delivers 73% more bandwidth than the previous version, while reducing power consumption by nearly 35% When you stream a movie, make an online purchase, or use a cloud-based application, your data travels across vast networks of fiber optic cables spanning cities, countries, and continents. Behind […]