Newcastle, United Kingdom

Newcastle, United Kingdom is a submarine cable landing point in United Kingdom (coordinates 54.9782°, -1.6178°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in United Kingdom's international connectivity infrastructure.

Newcastle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1881 as Stanley F.C., the club took on its present guise in 1892 after absorbing the assets of defunct local rivals Newcastle West End, including their home stadium St James' Park, where United have played ever since. Located in the centre of Newcastle, St James' Park currently has a capacity of 52,305. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Newcastle, United Kingdom

Cables landing at Newcastle, United Kingdom are operated by 4 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Bulk Infrastructure, EXA Infrastructure, Meta, NO-UK COM AS. 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 Newcastle, United Kingdom, international traffic can reach 2 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Denmark, Norway.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Newcastle, United Kingdom in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Havhingsten/North Sea Connect (NSC) (2022) — Havhingsten/North Sea Connect (NSC) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Denmark and United Kingdom. Landing at Houstrup, Newcastle, 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 →
• NO-UK (2021) — NO-UK is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United Kingdom and Norway. Landing at Newcastle, Stavanger, 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 →

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