Barcelona CLS, the world’s gateway
Barcelona Cable Landing Station leads in transforming the connectivity ecosystem of southern Europe: it does it by providing a high connectivity bridge between the western Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and thus transforms the entire connectivity of southern Europe.
- Connection to the Middle East and Africa
- The shortest latency for reaching USA
- Protection to/from European routes
- Access to dynamic ICT Barcelona
- Links businesses, networks and carriers
Arrive worldwide through Barcelona Cable Landing Station
From Barcelona CLS you can reach anywhere by our terrestrial and submarine partners’ networks
Submarine Cable System 1
The 2Africa cable landed at the Barcelona CLS in October 2022. At 45000 km, and a design capacity of up 180 Tbps, it will be the largest subsea cable project when complete and will interconnect Europe to Africa and Asia. The cable is owned by a consortium of partners; center3 (stc), China Mobile International, Meta, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and WIOCC.
Visit 2africa WebSubmarine Cable System 2
AFR-IX telecom, the company operating Barcelona CLS, is a licensed submarine telecom operator registered as a submarine cable telecommunications operator.
AFR-IX telecom offers to act as landing party, as IoR, providing operations and maintenance services to any subsea operator company.
What makes us different?
Carrier-neutral colocation
Data Centre facilities that operate entirely independent of network providers
Close to the main Data Centres
The fastest way to reach to the main European Data Centres
Open product portfolio
From landing party, to colocation, cross-connections or just internet access
Open access
Where clients can seamlessly extend their business in an open and transparent environment.
House of 2 international submarine cable systems
Capacity up to 8 submarine cables.
Network Diversity
Choose the preferred connectivity partner to deliver the international, national or local connection your business needs.
Born in Barcelona
Deep knowledge in the area and ecosystem and your reliable local partner.
Sustainable
Eco-friendly facility featuring solar-powered energy, green energy and free cooling technology.
Connect with other partners
Barcelona Cable Landing Station houses a wide range of operators. Be linked to business partners, networks and carriers inside our CLS!
Partners