TeliaSonera has decided to expand fiber cable capacity by laying down more than a thousand kilometers of new fiber cable through the north of Sweden.

The company will target Internet companies which are looking for energy efficient data centers in the region.

The expansion will boost capacity for its long-haul network in the region, a site for data centers carrying network traffic bound for the rest of Europe on behalf of global internet companies, said TeliaSonera in a statement.

When finished, the new fiber cable called Skanova Backbone North will run across 1,250 kilometers of inland terrain through middle and northern Sweden, ending up in the city of Lulea.

Because of its cold climate and access to clean energy, the region, which is located south of the Arctic Circle, has become an increasingly popular site to build data centers with large server farms in need of cost effective and sustainable cooling.

Skanova Backbone North will transport huge amounts of network data traffic to and from the region’s local fiber- and mobile networks, complementing existing fiber cables along the coast line of northern Sweden and through Finland.

“We are investing EUR 40 million in our Swedish long-haul network, extending the backbone of internet infrastructure in Europe,” said Malin Frenning, executive vice president and Head of TeliaSonera Sweden.

TelecomLead News Team