Bulk Infrastructure's proposed Leif Erikson cable would link Norway to Montreal via Canada, bypassing U.S. territory, but financing and customers remain unconfirmed.

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  • Bulk Infrastructure proposes a 6,500-kilometer Norway-to-Montreal cable bypassing U.S. territory entirely.
  • Costs exceed $620 million, with financing, customers, and route surveys still unresolved.
  • Routing around U.S. territory does not guarantee independence from American networks downstream.

Norwegian infrastructure company Bulk Infrastructure is proposing a direct fiber cable from Norway to Canada, routed around the United States entirely. The project, named Leif Erikson, remains a proposal, not a construction announcement.

Canada currently has relatively few direct international cable options that avoid U.S. routing, a structural gap the project is designed to address. That context, combined with growing government interest in infrastructure resilience, gives the proposal its strategic weight.

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  • ZILtoid1991English
    62·
    15 days ago

    The “identified terrorist group” will be Russians pretending to be Ukrainians…

    • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
      7·
      15 days ago

      Or the US pretending to be someone, don’t think they won’t, it’s going downhill fast here.