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Millicom and TAFS expand Central America subsea connectivity infrastructure
Millicom has signed a long-term agreement with Trans Americas Fiber System( TAFS) to strengthen international connectivity and network resilience across Central America as demand for high-capacity digital services accelerates.
Under the partnership, Millicom will expand international capacity through TAFS’ carrier-neutral and open-access subsea infrastructure platform.
The agreement is designed to improve route diversity, scalability and redundancy while supporting low-latency services for enterprises, operators, governments and consumers across multiple regional markets.
The TAM-1 subsea system spans approximately 7,000 kilometres and connects the United States, Central America, the Caribbean and South America.
The network includes northern and southern segments linking Florida with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia. Each fiber pair supports a minimum capacity of 18Tbps.
Julio Bran, CEO, TAFS, said the partnership would help deliver“ worldclass, future-ready solutions” while supporting economic development, digital inclusion and long-term technological growth throughout Central America.
Alejandro Guerrero, VP of Strategic Operations & Wholesale Solutions, Millicom, said the TAM-1 platform would replace aging infrastructure while helping customers“ innovate, expand and thrive in a digital-first world”.
The companies said the collaboration will strengthen Digital Transformation initiatives across the region while supporting future innovation, education and healthcare services.
Millicom said the investment reflects efforts to modernise regional communications infrastructure as cloud services, AI workloads and enterprise connectivity requirements increase. The company added that stronger international capacity will improve service reliability for businesses and consumers while helping create a more resilient digital ecosystem capable of supporting economic growth.
Cloudwalk scales Latin America’ s largest AI compute cluster for financial services
Cloudwalk now operates the largest dedicated AI compute cluster in Latin America – supporting AI agents serving more than seven million monthly active users across Brazil and the US.
The fintech company, which owns InfinitePay, Pierre. finance and JIM. com, said its infrastructure processes more than 60 billion tokens daily in production environments. The platform supports credit decisioning, fraud detection, customer support, merchant onboarding and agentic financial services products.
The company said its proprietary AI compute cluster gives it a structural cost advantage by reducing dependence on third-party providers. Cloudwalk added that its GPU infrastructure operates at utilisation rates above 90 %.
Cloudwalk’ s AI-powered portfolio includes InfinitePay for merchant services in Brazil, Pierre. finance for AIdriven consumer finance and JIM. com for merchant and consumer financial services in the US.
Cloudwalk reported an annualised revenue run-rate of approximately US $ 1.7 billion as of March 2026, alongside annualised pretax profit of US $ 322 million. The company said revenue is growing by more than 100 % year-over-year.
Luis Silva, founder and CEO, Cloudwalk, said:“ AI is not a feature we added to Cloudwalk – it is how the business runs.”
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