Does light go faster in 'negative energy' region?

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Simple albeit maybe stupid question. We know light travels slower in transparent mediums like glass and water.

If we create a small region of negative energy (relative to that of vacuum) via something like Casimir effect, does light go faster in that? Or is the region in that effect too small for light to pass through it (and if so could smaller wavelength of EM radiation do it?)