wiredInUSA March 2019

Norway to Ireland cable plan

Acquisition supporting new markets

Erling Aronsveen, development director of Celtic Norse Image: By Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA wikipedia.org

A new submarine cable system between the city of Øysanden, Norway, and Killala Bay, County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland, is under consideration. Known as Celtic Norse, the 2,000km cable is being planned as an extension of Aqua Comms’ existing AEC-1 cable, which runs from Ireland to New York. However, regionally owned Nordavind Data Center Sites is developing Celtic Norse. Erling Aronsveen, development director of Celtic Norse, told Capacitymedia.com: “The Celtic Norse sea cable will enable regional Norway to connect its attractive sites and vast renewable power resources to Europe and America with better response times to Eastern Seaboard US than anywhere in the Nordic region.” Aronsveen believes there is land and power to accommodate hyperscale data centers in Norway, but international connectivity is poor. “At present all fiber in central Norway is routed through Oslo, but that won’t do for data centers,” he explained. Although no official figure has been given, Aronsveen estimates the total cost for the development is below $57 million.

Prysmian Group has a new contract with Caldwell Marine International LLC for the design, manufacture, supply and testing of a 6km 3x630mm² 115kV submarine cable system with XLPE insulation. The cable will form part of a connection between Deer Island and mainland Massachusetts. Prysmian will also be responsible for the project’s land section, supplying and installing 8km of 115kV land cabling. Submarine cables will be produced at Prysmian’s Arco Felice (Italy) facility, with the land cables manufactured at Prysmian’s factory in Abbeville (South Carolina). Delivery of the project is scheduled for 2019. The recent acquisition of General Cable has strengthened Prysmian Group’s position in the submarine US cable industry, adding production facilities in Nordenham (Germany), a center of technological and manufacturing excellence, and a complementary geographical presence.

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