Amitié

Overview

Amitié is a high-capacity transatlantic submarine cable spanning approximately 6,800 kilometres. The system connects Lynn, Massachusetts in the United States with landing points at Bude in Cornwall, United Kingdom, and Le Porge in France. Its design capacity of 320 Tbit/s places it among the higher-capacity systems on the North Atlantic route.

Route and Landing Points

The cable makes landfall at three points across the North Atlantic corridor — one of the busiest and most strategically significant routes in global submarine cable geography. Lynn, Massachusetts serves as the US terminus, with the European end split between the UK and France. Le Porge, on France's Atlantic coast south of Bordeaux, is an established cable landing location, while Bude in Cornwall has long served as a gateway for transatlantic cables into Britain.

Ownership

Amitié is owned by a consortium that reflects the growing involvement of technology platforms in subsea infrastructure. Edge Cable Holdings, the submarine cable vehicle associated with Meta (Facebook), holds a stake alongside Microsoft and Orange. The consortium also includes AquaComms and Cable & Wireless Americas Systems, the latter associated with Vodafone. The mix of hyperscaler and carrier ownership is characteristic of how major transatlantic cables have been structured in the current build cycle, with content and cloud providers taking direct capacity rather than relying on wholesale arrangements.

Regional Context

The North Atlantic carries an outsized share of global internet traffic, and Amitié adds substantial throughput to a corridor already served by numerous systems. Its three-country landing configuration gives the consortium direct physical diversity across different national networks, reducing dependence on any single landing environment. For France in particular, Amitié reinforces Le Porge's role as a primary entry point for transatlantic fibre.