In an Equinix blog from 2021, we reviewed the factors affecting demand and consumption of internet content in the Middle East and their role in growing the region’s digital economies. We also highlighted the importance of the region as the primary corridor for intercontinental connectivity between Asia-Pacific, East Africa and Europe—albeit narrowly concentrated through the Red Sea and Egypt. Recent attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the resulting subsea cable breaks have prompted renewed focus on building terrestrial and hybrid cable systems to enable a greater diversity of pathways for traffic passing through the region. There are many…

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