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# EllaLink lands EU funded subsea cable branch in Mauritania
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-05-04-ellalink-mauritania-cable-landing/
- Published: 2026-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T12:00:04.000Z
- Description: EllaLink and Mauritania's digital ministry landed a new subsea cable branch at Nouadhibou, an EU Connecting Europe Facility co-funded route giving Mauritania a second path to Europe with multi-terabit scalable capacity.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [EllaLink press release, 4 May 2026](https://ella.link/press-releases/ellalink-subsea-cable-lands-mauritania/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish a disclosed contract value or that the branch has reached full commercial traffic.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Branch cable lands in Mauritania; EllaLink already EU owner/operator, no EU answer changes. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-22\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)