This is Part 2 Investable Universe's five-part Polar Futures series produced in 2021. The next-phase of the Arctic region’s economic evolution will be data-driven—and that brings new focus, new demands, and new opportunities for investment in the region’s telecommunications infrastructure network. Digital real estate—whether above ground through data centers or cell towers or under the icy surface of the Arctic Ocean—will be key to powering almost every other industry in the region. For perspectives on the Arctic telecommunications challenge, our guest this episode is Mac McHale, Chief Revenue Officer of Anchorage Alaska’s Quintillion, the owner-operator of a submarine and terrestrial high-speed fiber optic cable system that already spans the Alaskan Arctic, and connects to the lower 48 U.S. states.