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The Impact of AI on Submarine Cable Networks [Presentation Download]

By Kristin CarlsonJan 22, 2025

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Last week, Research Director Alan Mauldin joined Ciena’s Brian Lavallée for a live webinar exploring the technical and strategic drivers transforming the AI landscape.

To kick things off, Alan explained the impact of training data size, dataset scale, and model complexity on AI capabilities. He then shared how AI could shape the future of long-haul data demand and submarine cable networks.

If you missed the live event, we've got you covered.

👉 Grab a copy of Alan’s slides (and queue up the on-demand webinar recording) to get caught up.

AI and Submarine Cables Slides (2)
A few of Alan's presentation slides: How does AI work? How big are AI training data sets? How big are AI models? Existing and planned cloud data centers. Used international bandwidth by network type.
 
Alan Mauldin

Alan Mauldin

Alan Mauldin is a Research Director at TeleGeography. He manages the company’s infrastructure research group, focusing primarily on submarine cables, terrestrial networks, international Internet infrastructure, and bandwidth demand modeling. He also advises clients with due diligence analysis, feasibility studies, and business plan development for projects around the world. Alan speaks frequently about the global network industry at a wide range of conferences, including PTC, Submarine Networks World, and SubOptic.

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