By WKTR News Channel 3
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Virginia Beach Development Authority will sell a 3.5 acre site in Corporate Landing to Telefónica International Wholesale Services USA, Inc for $735,000.
Telefónica is one of the largest telecommunications companies, with a presence in 21 countries and more than 322 million accesses around the world. The company has a strong presence in Spain, Europe and Latin America.
Telefónica will build a 20,000 to 23,000 square foot data center that will house the first transoceanic cable station in the Mid-Atlantic. The fiber cables will connect Brazil to North America from the cable station in Virginia Beach.
…
The submarine cable, known as BRUSA, will link Rio de Janiero, Brazil with San Juan, Puerto Rico and Virginia Beach. BRUSA will support faster transmission capacity, increase end-to-end connectivity and the availability of high-speed broadband services.
The new infrastructure will increase the number of USA landing points, overall network performance and end-to-end security.
The cable is expected to begin operations in early 2018.
news via inbox
Sign up to get the latest updates straight to your inbox!
