The Digital Digest: A new subsea system for the Pacific, cloud migration rises in Europe, and in Virginia, the data centre industry is being turned on its head

In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest
stories of the week from OneWeb's aviation network to the "Swiss
army knife of data centre campuses".


Natalie explains why Airtel Africa has become the latest telco to
sell off its tower infrastructure, and over in the GCC Virgin
Mobile Kuwait has become the country's first MVNO.


In subsea, Galapagos Cable Systems (GCS) and Xtera are to build a
new system to the Galapagos Islands and Interxion has entered
into an agreement with Telxius to enable direct interconnection
for the Dunant subsea cable at Interxion Paris, France.


In data centres, Abigail covers the news that demand for
facilities in Europe is on track to increase by a third this
year, while over at AWS a new CEO has been named.


Abigail also shares the news that in Australia, Upcloudhas
confirmed a new data centre in Sydney and in Nebraska, Facebook
is expanding its Papillion facility.


Alan brings us the latest on how the pandemic is forcing change
in the industry. This follows the news this week that
international mobile money transactions have reached US$1 billion
a month and home working is on track to continue for the
foreseeable. While in China, the pandemic has pushed spending on
cloud infrastructure to $5.8 billion.


And in preparation for the end of the pandemic – and the return
of international travel –  OneWeb is moving into aviation
networks.


Joining this week's conversation, former Terremark and CyrusOne
executive Josh Snowhorn shares the details on Quantum Loophole.
In the interview, Snowhorn explains the plans, the story behind
the name, and why it is the "Swiss army knife" of data centre
campuses.


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This episode features Capacity deputy editor Melanie Mingas,
editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporters Abigail Opiah
and Natalie Bannerman, and special guest Josh Snowhorn.