ARGENTINA · BRASIL · CHILE

Horacio Martinez
Founder & CEO of Grupo Datco
Member of the Executive Board of
Cabase - Argentina Chamber of Internet
Ingeniero Industrial UBA
IAE – Business School
Nacido en Rosario de Santa Fe - Argentina 1951
Married 4 children

Horacio.Martinez@Datco.net

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 SILICA NETWORKS ARGENTINA

SILICA NETWORKS BRASIL

SILICA NETWORKS CHILE

Present:

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Fiber Optic Submarine Cable to Antarctica!

Developing Preliminary Study of the Project:

• Connecting Antarctica by Fiber Optic Link

• Building the First Antarctic Scientific Hub

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 Silica Networks history of
collaboration with scientific
projects
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2010 Auger Connect:
Construction of 400 km of Fiber Optic
2 DS3 lines for Auger-Connect and Red
Clara
Santiago – Malargüe - Buenos Aires

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Auger Connect

The Pierre Auger Observatory is located on the vast plain known as the
Pampa Amarilla, in western Argentina.
It Studies the highest-energy particles in the Universe, which hit the Earth fro
mall directions, so-called Cosmic Rays.
By detecting and studying these rare particles, the Pierre Auger
Observatory is tackling the enigmas of their origin and existence.

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2000 tanques

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The important meassures need connectivity

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To connect the
Observatory, Silica
Networks lay 200km
with optical fiber
from our POP on the
Pipeline V9 to
Malargüe City

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Once we complete this construction:
We extend the fiber to Las Leñas to connect the Sky Resort.

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2009 INVAP:
Alliance with INVAP since 2009
INVAP share space with Silica Networks to locate our
POP and Silica gave them unlimited capacity of
Internet access. That allow their international
researchers continue with their work accordingly to
they needs

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 INVAP – SILICA NETWORKS

Sílica Networks and INVAP has a Strategic Alliance since 2009

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 Red Clara

Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes

Avanzadas (Latin American Cooperation
of Advanced Networks)
is a non-profit International Law
Organization. RedCLARA develops and
operates the only Latin-American
advanced Internet network.

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 2014 Alma – Atacama Large Millimeter
Array:
Construction of 180 km of Fiber Optic
From Calama to Alma.
Few kilometers to Argentina thru Jama Pass Teaming
with Capricornio Network and Ella Cable ability to
transport 800 Tb/day of Data to Europe

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 Project ALMA in Chile
The Atacama Large
Millimeter/submillimeter Array
(ALMA) -the largest astronomical
project in existence- is a single
telescope of revolutionary design,
composed of 66 high precision
antennas located on the Chajnantor
Plateau.
European Southern Observatory
(ESO), U.S. National Science
Foundation (NSF) National Institutes
of Natural Sciences (NINS) of Japan.
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ALMA Project

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First black-hole image

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Never seen images of the Universe

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Galaxies we just looked at

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ALMA

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 Connecting Alma
Construction of 180 km of Fiber Optic
From Calama to Alma.
At heights of 3,500 meters, land mines zones…
Lacking few kilometers to Argentina border thru
Jama Pass
Teaming with Capricornio Network and Ella Cable
ability to transport 800 Tb/day of Data to Europe
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 Red Capricornio

Project of transversal crossing of

Latin America at the Capricorn
Tropic height
Alliance with the provincial
government of Misiones, Chaco,
Formosa y Santiago del Estero
Connect Sao Paulo with Los
Angeles.
Connect the observatories ALMA
with the new submarine Cable
EllaLink)
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 Capricornio Network: Sao Paolo to Arica

ALMA

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 Conclusions
Traditional Internet
• Data is created in the big urban
conglomerates by human activity
• Data made by humans is available
thru search machines like Google.
• Google was the answer to the
need of human beings of retrieving
the data, analyzing and reaching
conclusions.
• The users of this data are scattered
around the globe.
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Scientific Internet
• Data created by nature, is recollected
in isolated places on earth without
interference of humans.
• The more isolated the place the more
suitable for gathering data of nature
• Scientific data must be transmitted to
those capable extracting knowledge
the scientists working in Universities.
• Antarctica is a Mine full of Data,
waiting to be transmitted to
Universities around the globe
 Back to Antarctica

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Silica Network Arg. Ch. & Brasil
Silica Networks Argentina + Brasil + Chile

Operates a Fiber Networks that connects the

three Countries of South America.

The Project we are presenting is aimed to go the

extra thousand Kilometers to reach the White
Continent the Antarctic

The only continent that is not linked by Fiber

Optics

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Silica Network Arg. Ch. & Brasil

The Project we are presenting is aimed to go the

extra thousand Kilometers to reach the White
Continent the Antartic

The only continent that is not linked by Fiber

Optics

A link by Fiber Optics will enhance the

bandwidth of all the bases of all the countries
by a factor of 100 at least.

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Submarine Cables Map

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Submarine Cables Map

Empty Zone below -35° S

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Present Situation - DATACENTERs

DATA CENTERS

Amazon

Google

Microsoft

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Position of Datacenters Between Tropics Cancer / Capricorn

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 Temperature Distribution in Latam

Today the biggest concentration of

Datacenters in Latam is around Sao
Paulo.
Instead of taking advantage of the
Patagonia, low temperature and cheap Sao Paulo

energy both hydroelectric and Eolic we

are draining resources from cities
populations to cool down computers.
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 SILICA NETWORKS: CARRIER-CLASS PLATFORM

Scalable Flexible Robust

Ability of building and increasing the
scope of the existing links and
bandwidth for transporting
information end to end and growing as
demand increases.
Multiple types of services, interfaces
and configurations in different
subscriptions requirement.
Adjustable to any type of
requirement of connectivity and
business models.
Based on a Network designed under
the concept of redundant architecture
Customer expire, that allows us to
delivery a high quality Customer
Experience and high quality resilience.

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 Antarctic's Bases
More than 40 countries have
developed presence in the Antarctic,
all of them are connected by Satellite
links, very high cost, very low
bandwidth, not enough capacity to
transmit the rich data they can
harvest, every day.

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Location of First Antarctica Hub Close-up

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Island of King George largest of the Shetlands

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The Island of the Antarctic Bases

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 Antarctic Scientific Hub
Position: King George Isle/25 de Mayo/Waterloo
Characteristics:
Major Island from South Shetlands Archipelago
Bases from 12 countries:
Argentina Perú China Corea
Brasil Uruguay EEUU Polonia
Chile Rusia Republica Checa
Germany (Carlini/O’Higgins)
1 Landing Strip

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 One Airport
Teniente R. Marsh (Cl)

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 MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS
USHUAIA
Interconexión Red Isla Grande:
Conectada con ARSAT-BUENOS AIRES
Conectada con SILICA NETWORKS CHILE
EN SAN SEBASTIAN REPUBLICA DE
CHILE
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PUERTO WILLIAMS Hub Científico Antártida
Interconexión con FIBRA OPTICA Conexión Posible a Bases de 11 Países
AUSTRAL (FOA) CHILE. Cruce al Continente
CONEXIÓN A RED SILICA NETWORKS Enlaces futuros terrestres o
CHILE N CALETA TORTEL submarinos
CONEXIONA RED SILICA NETWOKS Camino de las bases.
ARGENTINA EN BALMACEDA
CONEXIÓN A SILICA NETWORKS
BRASIL EN BERNARDO DE IRIGOYEN,
MISIONES.
CONEXIÓN A REDES SUBMARINAS
EN LAS TONINAS
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First Step

The First Step in the Project but not less important is Ushuaia – Puerto Williams

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First Step

The First Step in the Project but not less important is Ushuaia – Puerto Williams

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 Desktop Study (DTS)

• Bathymetry, waves, winds Analysis on Argentine and Chilean Waters

• Possible Landing Sites
• Side Scan Sonar
• Shores Inspection
• Alternative Routes

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Experience in similar zones

Lago Carreras

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 Closest Place to Antarctica
The Big Island of Tierra del
Fuego represents the 976 KM

Nearest point of connection 4.000 KM

With Antarctic Continent.

The least exposed point of
Crossing, also the less
Expensive to build.
2.864 KM
Both countries Argentina & 3.639 KM
Chile made important
Investments to reach Tierra del
Fuego.
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 From this fist hub we can grow
Southwest and East West

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Inspiration # 1: Sir Ernst Shackleton & The Endurance

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 Inspiration #2: Kennedy “Man in the Moon”

“Why some say, the moon?, Why choose this as our goal?, And they may well ask why climb the highest
mountain?, Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic?…”

“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but
because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and
skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one
which we intend to win, and the others, too.”

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 “Un hombre en la luna para final de la década”

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 Information Courtesy of HMN

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HMN Tech

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108 Projects more tan 64,000 Km

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Second Big Step – Puerto Williams – King George Island

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Wave and Winds Information
Wave and Winds Information
Information Courtesy of
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 976 KM

4.000 KM

2.864 KM
3.639 KM

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The Future:

One day the

collaboration
between countries
can achieve
the connection of
all the Scientific
Bases in the
continent,
sharing valuable
data among them.
¡Muchas
gracias!

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