Investment in subsea cable projects is expected to reach $13b between 2025 and 2027, almost 2x the amount invested between 2022 and 2024, driven by ai buildout — over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables. Washington, july 16, 2025—fcc chairman brendan carr today announced that the agency will vote on rules to unleash submarine cable investment to accelerate the buildout of ai infrastructure, while securing cables against foreign adversaries, like china This action is in line with president trump’s america first investment policy memorandum Guard against investment from foreign adversaries. Amazon web services (aws) has announced plans to build a new transatlantic subsea cable to connect the us with ireland.
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