There is a long–standing relationship between pan-European research networking and North American research networks. The connections to North America are key in enabling research collaboration on intercontinental projects, and are particularly significant for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, a number of the data-processing centres for which are located in North America.
Transatlantic IP Connectivity to North AmericaResearchers in Europe can connect to their counterparts on the various North American networks via transatlantic IP capacity totalling 50 Gbps.This connectivity is provided by the following diverse links: