EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers | TechCrunch0

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• August 4, 2026

As hyperscalers build out data centers around the world, they need to move the bits back and forth, and that often relies on a somewhat brittle network of undersea fiberoptic cables crisscrossing the oceans. Those cables are tricky to access and repair, much less install. But alternatives aren’t easy to find: Radio transmissions don’t have