Genoa, Italy

Genoa, Italy is a submarine cable landing point in Italy (coordinates 44.4103°, 8.9389°). It serves 7 submarine cable systems, making it a significant node in Italy's international connectivity infrastructure.

Genoa is the sixth-largest city in Italy and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria. As of 2025, 565,301 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,629 inhabitants, more than 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Genoa, Italy

Cables landing at Genoa, Italy are operated by 15 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Azimut, Bayobab, China Mobile, EMC Subsea Cable Company Limited, Google, Meta, Orange, SIPARTECH Sarl, Sparkle, Telecom Egypt, and 5 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Genoa, Italy, international traffic can reach 37 countries through 7 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Bahrain, Comoros, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep., Djibouti, Egypt and 29 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 4 monitoring events on cables serving Genoa, Italy in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Barracuda (2028) — Barracuda is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Italy and Spain. Landing at Genoa, Sagunto, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• EMC West-1 (2027) — EMC West-1 is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Greece, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Israel. Its 5 landing points at Athens, Genoa, Haql, Netanya, Tympaki bridge the networks of Europe, Middle East, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Unitirreno (2025) — Unitirreno is a domestic submarine cable network within Italy, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Fiumicino, Genoa, Mazara del Vallo, Olbia. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →
• 2Africa (2024) — 2Africa is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 34 countries across West Africa, Middle East, Southern Africa. With 50 landing points — including Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Al Faw, Al Khobar, and 45 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Blue (2023) — Blue is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 6 countries across Middle East, Europe. With 10 landing points — including Aqaba, Bastia, Chania, Genoa, Golfo Aranci, and 5 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Medloop (2023) — Medloop is a regional submarine cable serving 3 countries: France, Spain, Italy. With landing points at Ajaccio, Barcelona, Genoa, Marseille, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.