Facebook chooses Infinera for European long-haul fiber-optic network
Optical transport systems specialist Infinera says that it is supplying its DTN-X packet-optical transport system to Facebook for the long-haul fiber-optic network that connects the Web 2.0 company's data centers in Europe. The fiber network runs 3,998 km and will support a capacity of up to 8 Tbps, Infinera says.