wiredInUSA May 2017

Still searching for connectivity

Google is making further investments in undersea fiber optic cable to develop its network connectivity around the world. The company has announced that it will partly fund the Indigo project to connect Jakarta, Singapore, Perth and Sydney. The cable will run for approximately 9,000km (almost 5,600 miles) and provide a capacity of roughly 18Tb per second. Google has now invested in five submarine cables in the Asia-Pacific region and seven overall.

With this investment thecompany hopes to better compete with other cloud providers and consumer Internet companies. Alcatel Submarine Networks will build the cable, expected to be operational by mid-2019. Other Indigo investors include the cable company SubPartners and ISPs AARNet, Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel and Telstra. Only Google and its fellow investors will use Indigo, though Singtel and Telstra will sell capacity to their customers as part of their telecom businesses.

wiredInUSA - May 2017

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