Terrestrial and subsea fibre in Mexico

On the terrestrial side, activity has primarily been driven by the increased need for connectivity to and between the growing number of data centres. Various providers have been particularly active in cable deployments at the start of 2025, including a new route from Cirion between Mexico City and the data centre hub of Querétaro and an additional 2,500km route from C3ntro between Arizona and Querétaro announced in May 2025. This cross-border route will serve 29 additional intermediate landing points in various cities in the US and Mexico. The dark fibre market has also been active, with a new dark fibre venture launched in late 2024 specifically to serve data centre launches. In addition to this, the demand and consumer awareness is there on the end user side, too. Mexico’s FTTH subscription rate stood at close to 60% at the end of 2024 – above countries like Denmark and Chile and over double that of the United States – driven by heavy capex from the country’s operators. Capex levels peaked around 2021-2022 and have dropped off since, but analysts expect stable growth in takeup on the back of this newly enhanced infrastructure.

In the subsea market, the number of cable systems serving Mexico will grow significantly in the coming year – with nearly as many cables under construction (6) as currently serve the country (7). These include the trans-Pacific TIKAL cable due for completion in 2026, the pair of Carnival cables, and Bifrost, another trans-Pacific project that will link Rosarito in Baja California to various landing stations in Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore.