⚡ Quick Hits

• A massive 2,800-mile undersea cable has been proposed to connect Canada directly to Europe.
• The physical route is strategically designed to bypass US data infrastructure and borders.
• The project highlights a growing global focus on international data sovereignty and alternative routing.

The Ultimate Hardware: A 2,800-Mile Undersea Cable Bypassing the US

Greetings, tech enthusiasts! The Tech Monk here, taking a brief pause from our usual consumer tech curation to look at hardware on a truly global scale.

While veteran tech deal hunters—like Tom's Hardware writer Ben Stockton, who has been tinkering with everything from classic Windows 95 Pentium MMX PCs to modern homelabs—spend their days tracking down the best bargains on consumer components, the macro-level hardware that powers our digital world is seeing some fascinating shifts.

According to recent reports, a Norwegian undersea cable builder is currently pitching a monumental infrastructure project: a 2,800-mile transatlantic data link that connects Canada directly to Europe.

Why Bypass the US?

The most notable aspect of this massive proposed data link isn't just its impressive length, but its intentional routing. By entirely bypassing the United States, this transatlantic cable addresses growing global desires for data sovereignty. In an era where international data privacy and localized routing are top of mind, providing a high-speed lane that avoids US jurisdiction is a massive selling point for European and Canadian enterprises.

You definitely won't be able to fit this 2,800-mile cable into your personal homelab, but without mammoth infrastructure projects like this one, the hardware deals and software we love wouldn't be able to communicate across the globe!