Saoirse Hanley, money journalist with the Irish Independent joins JJ Clarke on this episode of The Big Tech Show.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a new high-speed transatlantic cable from Cork to Maryland in the US to power global internet traffic and its data centres. The new ‘Fastnet’ cable can deliver over 320 terabits per second, enough to stream over 12 million HD movies simultaneously. It will be one of the highest capacity data cables yet built across the Atlantic.

The cable, which won’t be operational until 2028, will make landfall in Castlefreke, near Rosscarbery in west Cork.

Cork was chosen, the company said, because most other major transatlantic cables land in either Mayo or Dublin, giving the tech giant an “alternative pathway” for critical internet traffic compare

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