Canalink Completes Atlántica Cable Deployment

Publication Staff, La Voz de Lanzarote
September 19, 2026

Canalink has completed the marine deployment phase of its Atlántica submarine cable project in the Canary Islands. Cable ship Teliri finished the final planned shore-end at Playa Blanca on Lanzarote, closing the vessel's scope after 553 kilometers of cable were installed. The new infrastructure is intended to increase capacity and resilience between Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, providing alternate paths for communications across the eastern islands. Canalink is a public company associated with the Tenerife island government through the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies.

Atlántica is arranged across eastern and western routes. The eastern route connects Ojos de Garza on Gran Canaria with Puerto del Rosario on Fuerteventura and Playa Honda on Lanzarote. The western route links Barranco de Tenoya on Gran Canaria with Corralejo on Fuerteventura and Playa Blanca on Lanzarote. A previously installed branch at Costa Calma adds another connection point on Fuerteventura, extending the system's island reach beyond the main route pairs.

The project has a total budget of 34 million euros, including 23 million euros from the European Union's CEF Digital program. That funding supports a regional connectivity investment designed to add capacity while reducing dependence on any single inter-island path. For operators and public services, route diversity can limit the impact of cable faults and give growing digital traffic more resilient access between the islands and the terrestrial networks serving them. The combination of two routes, multiple landings and the additional Costa Calma branch is intended to give the archipelago more options when an incident affects part of the network.

Completing the offshore work does not yet mean Atlántica is ready for service. Canalink's next confirmed phase covers the remaining terrestrial infrastructure: shore-end works at Ojos de Garza, Tinoca and Corralejo; boreholes on Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura; buried ducts; and adaptations at seven cable landing stations. Those tasks must connect the subsea plant to land networks before the system can enter service. Canalink has not announced a service date in the September 19 update.

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