With natural disasters becoming more frequent, utilities are encouraged to implement proactive measures such as ...

Ampacity LLC, a distributor of clean energy solutions, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday to mark the opening of its new 300,000-square-foot distribution facility in Des Moines, aimed at ...

A Chinese ship has tested a new device capable of slicing through submarine data cables thousands of meters beneath the ocean surface. That demonstration may exacerbate security concerns over a spate ...

Abstract: When designing electrical power systems, it is often necessary to determine underground cable ampacity. Various methods are in use today, including computer simulation, ampacity tables, and ...

There’s a reason we’re called WIRED. If there’s one thing most of today's gadgets have in common, it’s that they typically need to be plugged in from time to time. But all those cables, cords, and ...

TL;DR: Sharks are often blamed for damaging undersea cables, but the real forces reshaping the Atlantic's fiber backbone are engineers, grapnels, and diesel-electric ships retrieving decades-old glass ...

Sharks are innocent. Or at least they’re not eating the internet. As a family of cartilaginous fish, sharks are collectively not guilty of most, if not all, charges of biting, chomping, chewing, or ...

A heaping pile of tangled cords is an eyesore. In a tech-centered world, chargers, power strips, Internet cords, and connectors abound. But there’s nothing cute or calming about them. In fact, they ...

Subsea cables are vital to transmitting data and connecting international markets. Over 95 percent of data, and $10 trillion in daily financial transactions, travels globally across 1.5 million ...

Undersea cables carry hundreds of terabits of international data per second, including government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming. Investment into new subsea ...