Telxius is building a new carrier-neutral cable landing station (CLS) and Edge data center in Cancún, Mexico. The new site is designed to consolidate submarine connectivity, terrestrial networks, and computing capacity into a single infrastructure hub. The facility will serve as the landing point for the Tikal submarine cable, which will connect Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, with Boca Raton, Florida. The main connectivity component of the new facility will be Tikal, which is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2027. According to Telxius, the system will have an estimated initial capacity of 380Tbps on its main backbone. The cable will provide a new route between the Caribbean and the United States, increasing the diversity of paths available for international traffic and reducing reliance on existing routes. The Cancún infrastructure will also offer an alternative route to Santiago de Querétaro, one of Mexico’s major data center markets. Tikal was announced in January 2023 as a joint project between Telxius and America Movil. Plans to add Mexico as a landing point were announced the same year. The new gateway joins other Telxius infrastructure in the region, including the SAm-1 and PCCS submarine systems and the Punta Cana Landing Gateway in the Dominican Republic. In addition to the cable landing, Cancún will host an Edge data center designed for data-intensive and latency-sensitive workloads. The facility meets Tier III standards and incorporates N+1 and 2N redundancy in critical power and cooling systems, along with physical and network security measures. “It reflects the convergence of submarine connectivity, terrestrial networks, and edge infrastructure to create a digital hub for the Caribbean and the Americas,” said Mónica Martínez, CMO of Telxius. This piece was automatically translated from DCD's Spanish site and edited by a member of DCD staff.