An Industry Exclusive announcement from Globalinx
Reinforcing the region’s role in the Mid-Atlantic digital infrastructure ecosystem, Globalinx (GLX) is announcing its plans to construct subsea fiber optic infrastructure near Ocean City, Maryland.
Based in Virginia, GLX owns and operates subsea infrastructure primarily on the US east coast. Its Cable Landing infrastructure blends subsea cable landings, terrestrial fiber and colocation, all strategically developed in accordance with its subsea cable customer needs.
Highlights of the Ocean City, Maryland project are:
- A 24,000 square foot, scalable-to-5MW, purpose-built Cable Landing Station, strategically located in the vicinity of Ocean City Municipal Airport, providing secure access, operational resilience, and long-term expansion capabilities.
- Approximately 14,000 linear feet of dedicated underground, horizontal-directionally-drilled, fronthaul infrastructure linking the beach manholes to the Cable Landing Station, providing secure, resilient, low-latency terrestrial routing.
- Support for up to four subsea cable systems, enabling scalable international connectivity alongside domestic network interconnection.
- Ready for Service (RFS) in Q3 2027, in readiness for subsea system deployment.
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The Ocean City location is positioned as a Mid-Atlantic connectivity hub, providing a central point (approximately 170 miles) to Ashburn VA and New York City (190 miles), and offering a de-risked alternative to congested Northeast landing and backhaul corridors.
The Ocean City facility will operate as an extension of the GLX hub architecture, integrating subsea landing, fronthaul, backhaul, and colocation services under a GLX unified owner-operator model. GLX will provide full operational support and management, additionally backed with 24/7 Network Operations Center (NOC) services provided by GLX flagship hub in Virginia Beach, delivering centralized monitoring, operations, and lifecycle support.
While primarily built to accommodate subsea connectivity, the facility is also engineered to support local enterprises, government, regional carriers, and colocation customers. The project is demand-led and moving forward, aligned to confirmed anticipated subsea and enterprise requirements.
GLX has completed its architectural, engineering, planning and is currently completing all its permits for the marine infrastructure, the fronthaul conduits and the Cable Landing Station.
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I have a home in Assateague Pointe and have some questions and concerns about the facility you are proposing to build. What effect will there be on our area, i.e noise, vibrations, and the environment? How visible will the building be from Assateague Pointe and Rt 611? Is there a tower being built?
We have had a house there for 20 years and are worried what this is going to do to our property value.
Your response would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Janet & Ed Rakoskie
I also own a home in Assateague Pointe and am concerned, but open to conversation. Many homeowners in this community have been here many years and enjoy the quiet, scenery, and wildlife that comes with the location. What can be proposed to ensure all these characteristics we love so much will not be affected? Furthermore, if this shall pass, what are your plans for growth 5, 10, 15 years in the future and can this community be assured no affects will exhibit them at that time?
How will your building affect my property value and should the value drop, will your company be responsible? Will there be any passover fees to our taxes for your company building this structure?
I have so many more questions, but I will wait for answers on the above.
How will it affect traffic? Will there be a traffic Light there?
How about future growth and expansion of the building? Environmental effects? Parking, amount of cars at the facility?
The site location map is not legible. Can you provide me with a legible map to show exactly where along Stephen Decatur Highway the 24,000 square-foot building will be located. Additionally, where can I obtain? The environmental reports that are required to obtain approval for this project and what is the projected numbers of employees that will be traveling to work on a daily basis?
Thank you,
Rodger Rudolph
Homeowner and Assateague Pointe