Maryland Broadband Cooperative toDeliver Critical Route Diversity from Ocean City Cable Landing Station to Ashburn, Virginia

Ocean City, MD / Ashburn, VA — Maryland Broadband Cooperative, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), has announced a landmark agreement to deliver high-capacity dark fiber route diversity from the Ocean City Cable Landing Station (CLS) to Ashburn, Virginia—home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers.

This strategic initiative will support connectivity for AWS’s Fastnet subsea cable, a transatlantic system connecting County Cork, Ireland, to the United States. The Ocean City CLS represents the first subsea cable landing station in the Mid-Atlantic region, positioning Maryland as a critical gateway for global data traffic.

Maryland Broadband Cooperative’s robust fiber infrastructure will provide the essential terrestrial link between the Ocean City CLS and Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley,” ensuring high-performance, resilient connectivity for hyperscale and enterprise customers.

Key Benefits

• Shortest Path to Ashburn: The most direct fiber route from any East Coast cable landing station to Ashburn, VA
• Lowest Latency: Optimized network performance for transatlantic data transmission
• True Route Diversity: Three independent Chesapeake Bay crossings for enhanced resiliency
• Scalable Infrastructure: Designed to meet growing bandwidth demands for hyperscale cloud and enterprise users

“This collaboration with AWS reinforces Maryland Broadband Cooperative’s commitment to delivering world-class infrastructure and connectivity solutions,” said [Spokesperson Name], [Title] of Maryland Broadband Cooperative. “By enabling direct and diverse connectivity from the Mid-Atlantic’s first cable landing station to Ashburn, we are strengthening the digital backbone that supports global communications and cloud innovation.”