Crosslake Fiber已啟動其最新的海底電纜項目CrossChannel Fibre，這是一條長達550公裡的電纜，將穿越英吉利海峽。
該電纜將連接英國斯勞和法國巴黎。這種新的海底電纜旨在滿足要求高容量，低延遲連接的電信，企業，內容提供商以及金融，遊戲和媒體公司對帶寬需求的增長。
這個多光纖無中繼系統將包含96根光纖對，每對提供每秒超過20TB的數據傳輸量，並將在2021年秋季投入使用。
為了支持該項目，Crosslake Fiber已委託EGS進行該項目的海洋勘探調查。Crosslake Fiber已使海洋勘探合同生效，現在勘探活動已經開始。
「我們很高興能夠啟動這一歷史性的海底項目，並在英吉利海峽上提供一個新的、急需的連接，以連接斯勞和巴黎這兩個至關重要的數據中心。這一新的光纖基礎設施已經過優化，可以在兩個數據中心之間創建最短的路徑，為用戶提供了更好的技術解決方案，並大大降低了運營成本。Crosslake Fibre執行長邁克·坎寧安（Mike Cunningham）說：「隨著新冠疫情大流行進一步加速了帶寬需求的增長，海底電纜對網際網路的正常運行起著前所未有的關鍵作用。」。
「海洋勘測是開發海底項目的重要裡程碑。這就是為什麼像EGS這樣的合作夥伴如此重要的原因，他們擁有專業知識，可以確保成功進行路線勘測並最終為電纜的最佳部署鋪平道路。」
EGS英國總監Deborah Jenkins補充說：「我們很榮幸能夠參與這個重大的海底項目，該項目致力於解決世界上非常繁忙和擁擠的地區的網際網路帶寬問題。」「海洋勘測對於任何新的海底電纜系統都是至關重要的，我們將進行地球物理和巖土勘測，以實現最佳的路線設計。」
此外，Crosslake Fibre的資本合作夥伴Tiger Infrastructure Partners已向Crosslake平臺投入了額外的資金，以支持CrossChannel Fiber系統並促進新項目的發展。
「 Crosslake Fiber展示了其在全球成功開發和部署基礎架構項目的專業知識和能力。Tiger Infrastructure 合作夥伴執行長埃米爾·亨利（Emil Henry）表示：「 通過其CrossChannel Fiber項目，該公司可以很好地滿足歐洲高增長地區不斷增長的帶寬需求。」「我們很高興增進與Crosslake Fiber的長期合作關係，並支持其未來計劃。」
以下是原文：
Crosslake Fibre has started its newest subsea cable project, CrossChannel Fibre, a 550km cable to be built across the English Channel.
The cable will connect Slough, United Kingdom and Paris, France. This new subsea cable is designed to support the increase in bandwidth requirements from telecoms, enterprises, content providers, as well as financial, gaming, and media companies that require high capacity, low latency connectivity.
The high fibre count, non-repeatered system will contain 96 fibre pairs, each providing over 20 terabits per second of capacity throughput, and will be ready for service in the fall of 2021.
To support this project, Crosslake Fibre has engaged EGS to undertake the marine and burial surveys for the project. Crosslake Fibre has placed the marine survey contract into force and survey activities have started.
「We are excited to launch this historic subsea project and deliver a new, much-needed connection across the English Channel connecting the critically important data hubs of Slough and Paris. This new fibre infrastructure has been optimized to create the shortest path between the two data hubs, providing users with an enhanced technical solution and materially lowering operating costs. With the continued increase in bandwidth demand further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, subsea cables have never been more critical to the functioning of the backbone of the Internet,」 said Mike Cunningham, CEO for Crosslake Fibre.
「The marine survey is an essential milestone in the development of subsea projects. That is why key partners such as EGS are important, as they have the expertise and knowledge to ensure a successful survey of the route and ultimately pave the way for an optimal deployment of the cable.」
「We are proud to be a part of this momentous subsea project that addresses Internet capacity in a very busy and congested part of the world,」added Deborah Jenkins, UK director for EGS. 「The marine survey is a critical aspect for any new cable system, and we will be conducting geophysical and geotechnical surveys that will enable an optimized route design.」
In addition, Crosslake Fibre’s capital partner, Tiger Infrastructure Partners, has invested additional capital into the Crosslake platform to support the CrossChannel Fibre system and advance the growth and development of new projects.
「Crosslake Fibre has demonstrated its expertise and ability to successfully develop and deploy infrastructure projects globally. With its CrossChannel Fibre project, the company is well-positioned to support the increasing capacity needs of high-growth regions in Europe,」 said Emil Henry, CEO and managing partner of Tiger Infrastructure Partners. 「We are excited to strengthen our long-term commitment to Crosslake Fibre and to support its future initiatives.」