euNetworks has extended its Super Highway fibre system with a new 247km route between Frankfurt and Strasbourg, targeting rising AI and cloud connectivity demand across Europe's FLAP-D corridor.

The route is the sixth to go live on euNetworks’ Super Highway network, which the company says is the only modern fibre system currently connecting key data centres across the FLAP-D region Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin.

Built in response to growing traffic pressure on the Frankfurt-Strasbourg path, the new infrastructure uses high-capacity fibre routed to avoid existing congested corridors, delivering diversity and low latency between two of continental Europe’s most significant connectivity hubs.

Frankfurt hosts what euNetworks describes as the world’s most interconnected metropolitan network; Strasbourg functions as a critical junction for long-haul routes across the region.

The route provides direct access to more than 76 data centres within euNetworks’ Frankfurt metropolitan network and seamless onward connectivity to the company’s wider European footprint of over 600 connected data centre hubs.

Sustainability was built into the design. Two of the three inline amplifier sites on the route are new builds, fitted with energy-efficient cooling systems to reduce power consumption. The fibre specification, chosen for low attenuation, improves line system and transponder performance, lowering cost per bit across the system...