N E W S e & CARRIER & WHOLESALE ACTIVATES 2AFRICA SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING AT UAE SMARTHUB
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& Carrier & Wholesale Services( C & WS), an international wholesale arm of global technology group, e &, has announced the successful landing and integration of the 2Africa submarine cable system at its carrier-neutral SmartHub data centre in the UAE.
Building on the completion of the core 2Africa system announced by the consortium, this milestone brings the cable’ s capacity into service locally, strengthening the UAE’ s international connectivity infrastructure and reinforcing its position as a global digital hub.
Spanning approximately 45,000 kilometres, 2Africa is the world’ s largest submarine cable system, connecting Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and plays a vital role in meeting the region’ s rapidly increasing international bandwidth requirements.
Nabil Baccouche, Group Chief Carrier and Wholesale Officer at e &, said:“ The successful landing and integration of 2Africa is a strategic achievement that reinforces e &’ s role as a trusted global connectivity partner. By bringing this system into service in the UAE, we are strengthening international resilience and enabling our partners and customers to scale with confidence as demand for high-capacity, low-latency connectivity continues to grow.”
The landing of this state-of-the-art subsea cable enhances network capacity, resilience and latency performance, supporting growing demand for data, cloud services and Digital Transformation across the UAE and beyond. By diversifying international routes, the 2Africa system ensures more reliable and seamless connectivity for carriers, content providers, enterprises and consumers.
Forfusion, a leading provider of IT strategy, managed services and Digital Transformation solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Stellium Datacenters, a UK premier carrier-neutral colocation provider. The collaboration will deliver AI-optimised infrastructure and managed services to support the North East AI Growth Zone’ s ambition to become a nationally significant hub for advanced digital technologies in the UK.
By combining Forfusion’ s deep expertise in IT architecture, cloud and managed services with Stellium’ s highly resilient, high-density data centre platforms, the partnership will enable organisations across the region to accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence( AI), Machine Learning( ML) and high-performance computing( HPC). Businesses will benefit from enterprise-grade infrastructure engineered specifically to support the demanding requirements of AI workloads, while maintaining robust security, compliance and operational resilience.
The joint offering will provide organisations with end-to-end managed services, from design and deployment through to ongoing optimisation of AI-ready environments. Customers will benefit from simplified vendor management and a single point
FORFUSION PARTNERS WITH STELLIUM DATACENTERS TO ACCELERATE AI- DRIVEN INNOVATION IN THE NORTH EAST GROWTH ZONE
of contact for both infrastructure and services. The scalable platform has been tailored to meet the needs of hybrid cloud, HPC and AI-driven applications, offering flexibility as businesses grow and innovate.
Security and compliance remain central to the solution, with facilities aligned to stringent industry standards and equipped with advanced disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities. By enabling faster, more secure adoption of emerging technologies, the partnership supports the AI Growth Zone’ s wider mission to drive Digital Transformation and fuel economic growth in the North East.
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