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26 February 2021 | Natalie Bannerman Equinix and Vodafone are to build a new subsea hub in Genoa, called GN1.
The new GN1 facility will interconnect the 2Africa cable, for which Vodafone is the European landing partner. 2Africa is a 37,000km system that will circumnavigate Africa, directly connecting 16 countries to Europe and the Middle East. The 2Africa project is vitally important to improving connectivity between Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and will also improve intra-European connectivity,” said Nick Gliddon, director, Vodafone Carrier Services.
“By linking Spain and Portugal directly to Genoa and Milan, the system will avoid fibre bottlenecks that naturally occur between France and Spain, further strengthening Vodafone s Gigabit networks.