Angola Cables has selected Etix Everywhere as its partner to build its critical infrastructure globally as part of an ambitious project to offer a lower latency route between the USA and Africa.

A statement from the telecoms wholesale operator says the first element of the deal includes the construction of a landing station in Fortaleza (Brazil) and a data centre in Brazil for Angola Cables' new South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) and Monet submarine cable networks, which will link the Americas and Africa.

Antonio Nunes, CEO of Angola Cables "This partnership will help us to quickly develop and operate state-of-the-art data centres as we continue to build 'digital bridges' to connect continents and the world."

Currently, when data travels from Africa to Latin America, it is transmitted through Europe.

Angola Cables says its new submarine cables — Monet and SACS — will dramatically reduce the latency between the USA, Latin America and Africa.

The Monet submarine cable, a partnership between Angola Cables, Google, Antel and Algar Telecom, is scheduled to be ready for service mid-2017, linking Miami, Florida to Fortaleza and São Paulo, Brazil.

According to Angola Cables this route will offer resilient connectivity and better latency between the two continents.

"Latin America is a booming market, and the internet penetration in this area is tremendous," the company states.

The SACS submarine cable, currently being deployed by Angola Cables, will be a direct connection between Latin America and Africa.

Data will no longer have to pass through Europe, offering lower latency and better bandwidth quality between South America and Africa, and therefore the USA, the operator explains.

"With these projects, Angola Cables is transforming the face of African IT infrastructure," explained Nunes. "Africa has been home to the world's fastest-growing telecoms sector in the last five years. By offering better connectivity, Angola Cables is making way for a new era of economic growth."

The two cable landing stations and the data centre will be flagship infrastructure projects for Etix Everywhere. Each project will offer 500 kVA of hosting capacity, with the ambition of reaching a PUE lower than 1.5 on a Tier III design.

"Considering the extreme weather conditions in Fortaleza, this PUE is a challenging goal," declared Benoît Parisse, CTO of Etix Everywhere. "However, Etix Everywhere has extensive experience in terms of operating in extreme weather conditions. We are confident in our ability to reach this goal."

The second challenge for Etix Everywhere is to deliver these projects in six months in a city known for being a difficult environment in terms of construction work. The cable landing station and the data centre will be delivered mid-2017, in time to be connected with the new submarine cables.

"Angola Cables chose Etix Everywhere from among 11 competing companies due to its culture of innovation, exemplified by the latest software and hardware technologies developed by Etix Labs, Etix Everywhere's R&D cluster," observed Nunes.