Cable Bahamas New Providence: 3MW Resilient Offshore Node
Status: Active / Operational | Location: Intersection of Old Trail & Robinson Dr., 00000 Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Project Overview
The Cable Bahamas New Providence Data Centre is one of the Caribbean region’s most strategically important communications and digital infrastructure facilities, serving as a secure connectivity hub and business continuity platform for enterprises, government institutions, and financial organizations. Operated by REV Cable Bahamas Ltd., the facility is specifically engineered to deliver high resilience against severe sub-tropical weather systems, including powerful Atlantic storms and Category 5 hurricanes that frequently impact the region. Located in Nassau on New Providence Island, the data center occupies a critical position within the Bahamas’ national telecommunications ecosystem and acts as a major interconnection point linking domestic networks to international transatlantic fiber infrastructure. Designed to support mission-critical workloads and secure offshore data operations, the facility combines advanced colocation services with scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities, enabling businesses to deploy flexible and highly available digital environments. The data center provides secure rack space, redundant power systems, environmental monitoring, disaster recovery infrastructure, and low-latency cross-connectivity to major regional and global carriers.
Quick Facts
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| Project Name | Cable Bahamas New Providence: 3MW Resilient Offshore Node |
| Location | Intersection of Old Trail & Robinson Dr., 00000 Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas |
| Status | Active / Operational |
| Commissioning | Originally deployed to support national broadband expansion; systems continuously modernized through May 2026 to support advanced fiber virtualization |
| Total IT Load | ~2.0 MW net critical IT workload |
| Total Capacity | 3.0 Megawatts (3 MW) gross utility and standby infrastructure envelope |
| Tier Level | Tier III Compliant (Concurrently maintainable infrastructure) |
| Project Type | Subsea Cable Termination Node & Offshore Wholesale Retail Data Centre |
City Profile
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| City Name | Nassau |
| Population | ~275,000 |
| Urban Agglomeration | ~300,000 |
| City GDP | ~US$8–10 billion |
| Per Capita Income | ~US$32,000 annually |
| City Tier | Tier 2 Capital City |
| Key Strengths | Tourism, offshore financial services, maritime trade, cruise industry, telecommunications, international business hub |
Companies Involved
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| Developer / Operator | Cable Bahamas Ltd. |
| Strategic Infrastructure Partner | Aliv (BeAliv Limited) & Cable Bahamas Business Solutions |
| Construction Contractor | Leading Regional Marine-Grade Marine Infrastructure General Contractors |
| MEP Engineering | Cable Bahamas Global Networks Engineering and Critical Facilities Division |
| Network Connectivity | Direct edge integration with the ARCOS-1 subsea cable system, Caribbean Crossings loop, and ALIVFibr long-haul transport networks |
| Power Infrastructure | Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Local Distribution Network |
Technical Specifications
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| Power Capacity | 3 MW gross capacity delivering single-phase and three-phase configurations scaling up to 10 kW per enclosure |
| UPS Redundancy | $N+1$ or $2N$ block-redundant static UPS systems backed by heavy-industrial, hurricane-hardened backup diesel generator sets |
| Cooling System | $N+1$ closed-loop precision HVAC system featuring dual-source climate control arrays and specialized moisture-extraction engineering |
| Connectivity | Carrier-neutral deployment utilizing diverse subterranean network vaults with direct pathways toward South Florida land stations (Boca Raton and Miami) |
| PUE Target | $\le 1.48$ sub-tropical optimized annual efficiency target utilizing variable-speed fan containment zones |
| Energy Mix | Connected directly to the BPL utility grid, structured to shift gradually alongside national utility-scale clean solar generation rollouts |
Milestones
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| Announcement | Initial network node initialization established in late 2000 |
| Construction Start | Ground broken early 2001 |
| Phase 1 Go-Live | Operational deployment finalized mid-2002 |
| Full Buildout | Core subsea transport and fiber distribution rooms fully active; continuous hardware modernization and cloud layer updates tracked active through May 2026 |
Investment Details
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| Total Investment | Multi-million dollar ongoing capital deployment across multi-decade facility lifecycle |
| Funding | Corporate capital allocation and structured technology infrastructure asset financing |