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EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers
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Tim Fernholz
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Startup Endeavor Optical Networks (EON) has raised $10.75 million to develop a satellite-based laser communication network. The company aims to provide high-speed data transmission between continents as an alternative to traditional undersea fiber-optic cables.
As hyperscalers build out data centers around the world, they need to move the bits back and forth, and that often relies on a somewhat brittle network of undersea fiberoptic cables crisscrossing the oceans.
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