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Upgrade on FARICE-1 power system (PFE)

The power feed system of the 21 year old submarine cable FARICE-1 was recently upgraded to the newest generation from the supplier Spellman High Voltage (https://www.spellmanhv.com/en/).  Although the submarine cable shows no sign of ageing an upgrade of the power system was undertaken to ensure the best possible operation for the cable in the coming

By |2024-12-09T12:08:42+00:00December 9th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Upgrade on FARICE-1 power system (PFE)

New POP in Akureyri

Farice Point of Presense (POP) set up in Akureyri In early 2024, Farice is poised to introduce Akureyri as a new point of presence (POP) for its services in Iceland. Farice currently operates three submarine cables—FARICE-1, DANICE, and ÍRIS—providing vital digital connections between Iceland and Europe. Presently, Farice's clientele accesses its network through POPs in

By |2024-12-09T11:53:32+00:00December 29th, 2023|News, Press releases|Comments Off on New POP in Akureyri

IRIS is ready for service from March 1st

The IRIS submarine cable is ready for service (RFS).  The cable is Farice’ third submarine cable connecting Iceland with Dublin and will further increase redundancy and resilience in digital communication in the north-west Atlantic. The RFS date is the last milestone and marks the completion of a project that was four years in development.  The

By |2023-03-16T14:53:28+00:00March 16th, 2023|Iris, News|Comments Off on IRIS is ready for service from March 1st

IRIS will be ready for service on March 1st.

Farice has received terrestrial fibres on all routes in Iceland and Ireland to enable the services between Iceland and Dublin. The equipment needed to lit up the cable and create a protection ring between data centres in Iceland and Ireland over the IRIS submarine cable has also been delivered. Final installation work is taking place

By |2023-01-25T10:18:58+00:00January 25th, 2023|Iris, News|Comments Off on IRIS will be ready for service on March 1st.

Connectivity between Iceland and Japan through new Pan-Arctic Fibre cable

Farice and Far North Digital (FND) have signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint marketing and sales agreement for fibre optic connectivity between Japan and Iceland.  Farice’s new IRIS submarine cable will provide connectivity between Iceland and Ireland, and FND’s new Arctic cable spans between Japan and Ireland. The parties have agreed to develop

By |2022-07-08T12:20:05+00:00July 8th, 2022|News, Press releases|Comments Off on Connectivity between Iceland and Japan through new Pan-Arctic Fibre cable

D9 to invest a further $93 million in Verne Global after buying the company in 2021 for £231 million in cash

Verne’s campus in Keflavik to reach 40MW. In September 2021 it was announced that D9 had bought Verne Global for £231 million in cash Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9) is to invest an additional $90 million in Icelandic data center firm Verne Global to fund further expansion. D9, managed by Triple Point Investment Management, acquired Verne

By |2022-01-12T15:19:05+00:00January 12th, 2022|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on D9 to invest a further $93 million in Verne Global after buying the company in 2021 for £231 million in cash

The bank BNP Paribas selected Iceland because of the 100% renewable energy and cool climate

Sustainability is at the heart of modern banking operations and financial institutions are closing large in-house data centers to move to hybrid compute environments to keep their digital carbon footprint to a minimum. Iceland, with its cool climate and abundance of 100% renewable energy, has become an appealing location for hosting the world’s most valuable

By |2022-01-12T15:02:30+00:00January 12th, 2022|News|Comments Off on The bank BNP Paribas selected Iceland because of the 100% renewable energy and cool climate

Survey operations completed and Thorlakshofn selected as landing site in Iceland

On August 21st survey operations for the IRIS cable system were completed when the survey vessel Ridley Thomas ported at Reykjavík Harbour.  Ridley Thomas had spent 12 weeks surveying the second phase of the survey from the Irish EEZ to Iceland’s landing site. Iceland’s landing site was carefully selected, and several of potential options explored

By |2021-09-03T13:43:08+00:00September 1st, 2021|Iris, News, Press releases|Comments Off on Survey operations completed and Thorlakshofn selected as landing site in Iceland

Farice and SubCom announce contract-in-force for IRIS, newest undersea cable to link Iceland to Europe

IRIS will offer increased security, redundancy, wholesale capacity linking Iceland with Ireland Eatontown, NJ, USA and Reykjavik, Iceland – April 5, 2021 – SubCom and Farice ehf today announced that a contract is in force for the supply and installation of IRIS, a new high-speed undersea cable system connecting Iceland and Ireland. Farice is an

By |2021-04-07T09:39:34+00:00April 6th, 2021|Iris, News, Press releases|Comments Off on Farice and SubCom announce contract-in-force for IRIS, newest undersea cable to link Iceland to Europe
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