Data Centre Magazine February 2022 | Page 187

whole cable that cost US $ 1b to build when I started .”
As the world is expected to create more than three times the data over the next five years than it did in the previous five , this speed will be essential . Data will be generated in emerging technologies such as IoT devices which include sensors in homes , factories and cities , as well as driverless cars , Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and 5G .
How two ends of the network spectrum came together Aqua Comms and Ontix may be at two ends of the network spectrum but they work together to pass the connectivity baton from land to sea creating . Both companies come from the same development cloud which looks set to grow as the demand for mission critical infrastructure will be vital to cope with the exponential rise in data and online services .
“ Aqua Comms and Ontix may seem like completely opposite business types but , in many ways , we are the same – we both deal in invisible infrastructure ,” said Bayliff . “ We not only share a common heritage but also carry neutral infrastructure for the deployment of all services . We may serve different parts of the marketplace with different technology but our approach is exactly the same .
“ At Aqua Comms we intend to take our model for efficient infrastructure ownership , operations and distribution to the widest market in a carrier neutral way around the world . There ' s almost no ocean that it doesn ' t
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