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Hva vet vi egentlig om sjøkabler i nord?
Assisterende professor ved Oulu business school Alexandra Middelton og daglig leder Bjørn Rønning i Digital footprint AS skriver i denne kronikken om forbindelser mellom Europa og Russland og Asia via Nordøst-passasjen.
Russia is preparing for the chairmanship in the Arctic Council starting from May 2021. While official Russia's priorities have not been announced yet, the broad focus areas include sustainable development with human dimension priority, environment and sustainable economic growth. Connectivity in the Arctic is undoubtedly one cornerstone of sustainable development which promotes business development, provides solutions for social challenges and enhances transport infrastructure development in the Arctic.
The world's thirst for fast and reliable data transmission accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis is dependent on a well-functioning, global subsea cable ecosystem responsible for 99% of world data traffic. Over 2019–2021, more than 50 subsea cable projects have been proposed so far, worth a total investment of $7.2 billion[1]. The projects aim to increase capacity and reliability and reduce latency between Europe, Asia, and the United States.
The question that remains is what to expect in the next few years for the connectivity projects in the Arctic?
