Dunant is a private 250 Tbit/s 6,600 kilometre transatlantic communications cable that connects the United States (Virginia Beach) with France (Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez).
[1][2] In July 2018, Google announced that it would be investing in two private subsea cables - Dunant and Curie - both of which were named after Nobel prize winners.
[3][4] Telecoms industry analysts have stated that the main purpose of Google's subsea cable investment is twofold: to support quality of service and reduce costs.
[7] In February 2020, Orange announced it was partnering with Telxius, Telefónica’s infrastructure company, to collaborate in Europe and the US on backhaul extensions for the Dunant cable.
[10] In 2023, EXA Infrastructure added Dunant to its transatlantic subsea cable route network connecting USA and Europe.