Barcelona, the alternative entrance to Europe

The saturated Marseille is the main landing point in the Mediterranean for cables coming from Asia and Africa. The connection to Barcelona:

• Has the shortest latency for interconnection to US (via Marea-Facebook) in Bilbao.
• Has fiber access to the peninsula and fiber ring to Europe (via the two major crossing in the Pyrenees).
• Has a fast access to UK via WER from Bilbao to UK.

• Provides access to Barcelona, as an ICT location.
• Is located in Sant Adrià del Besòs.
• Has the fastest interconnection to Lisbon and African cables.

Barcelona Cable Landing Station