- Telesur and EllaLink Ireland Limited signed an agreement to develop the EllaLink Caribbean Gateway subsea cable linking the Caribbean, Europe, the US and Brazil.
- The cable will increase international capacity, redundancy and resilience of transatlantic communications.
- The project aligns with EU Global Gateway and EU-Latin America and Caribbean Digital Alliance objectives and reinforces Sines and ZILS as nodes for data centres and digital infrastructure investment.
Partnership
Telesur and EllaLink Ireland Limited signed an agreement to develop the EllaLink Caribbean Gateway subsea cable, a project that strengthens Sines' role in transatlantic digital connectivity.
Network impact
The new corridor will provide direct links between the Caribbean, Europe, the United States and Brazil, increasing capacity, redundancy and resilience of international communications and supporting demand for data transport.
Policy alignment
The project aligns with EU priorities under the Global Gateway Strategy and the EU–Latin America and Caribbean Digital Alliance to bolster security and resilience of digital infrastructure and international data connections.
Regional significance
Routing this infrastructure via Sines and the ZILS industrial and logistics zone highlights the area's growing role within the international digital ecosystem amid rising demand for technological infrastructure and data centres.
