Project Overview
The PISCES System represents more than infrastructure, it’s a strategic step toward a more autonomous, resilient, and inclusive European digital future. Designed to strengthen Europe’s digital backbone, PISCES will connect key cities along the Western Atlantic, empowering communities with secure, high capacity connectivity. By bypassing traditional UK routes, the system will enhance digital sovereignty while supporting sustainable growth across Ireland, Portugal, Spain and France.
Challenge: Building Sovereign Infrastructure for a Connected Europe
Europe’s digital sovereignty depends on infrastructure it can control and trust. Delivering this vision required a bold, technically ambitious project: a secure subsea cable system spanning multiple jurisdictions, aligned with EU goals for resilience and sustainability.
Achieving these goals demanded disciplined, accelerated project management to navigate stakeholder coordination, cross-border regulatory approvals, and tight delivery timelines, ensuring that Europe’s digital future would be built for Europe, from Europe.
Our Solution:
MDM plays a critical role in translating strategic vision into reality. Drawing on decades of experience in infrastructure development, our team is supporting efforts to position the project within Europe’s digital resilience strategy, while preparing the communications framework that will evolve as the system progresses.
EU Alignment
Aligns the project narrative with EU priorities: highlighting digital sovereignty, route diversity, and strategic transatlantic resilience.
Communications
Lays the groundwork for future communications: framing sustainability, community impact, and stakeholder alignment as the project evolves.
Stakeholders
Supports engagement efforts with EU funders, infrastructure authorities, and regional partners to establish the PISCES system as a catalyst for resilient digital connectivity.
Positioning
Helps position PISCES not only as a cable system, but as a long-term platform for European innovation, funding alignment, and future expansion.
Key Features of the PISCES System
Europe’s digital sovereignty depends on infrastructure it can control and trust. Delivering this vision required a bold, technically ambitious project: a secure subsea cable system spanning multiple jurisdictions, aligned with EU goals for resilience and sustainability.
3,000 km of subsea cable
8 Fibre Pairs
Strengthening Digital Equity
Links regional and coastal communities to global networks, bridging the digital divide.
Direct Ireland–Europe Link
Bypasses the UK to enable resilient, sovereign European infrastructure.
High-Capacity, Future-Ready
Repeatered system with scalable fibre capacity to meet tomorrow’s traffic demands.
Safe, Sustainable Routing
Deepwater path avoids shipping and fishing zones, reducing risk and environmental impact.
Global Network Integration
Seamlessly connects to African, South American, and transatlantic systems for broader reach.
The MDM Results
Clear, Cohesive Project Identity:
The messaging strategy not only communicated technical details, it embedded the project within Europe’s long-term infrastructure vision.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Strong, trust-based relationships with infrastructure authorities, EU funding bodies, and private investors.
Resilient Messaging:
A communications platform centered on sovereignty, community impact, and technical excellence, aligned with European funding and innovation initiatives.
Foundation for Growth:
The communications framework and digital assets have positioned MDM to extend the story of Pisces into future funding, partnerships, and infrastructure initiatives.
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