The Australian-based subsea cable builder and operator SUBCO is looking to the northeast in a big way. Yesterday SUBCO announced plans to build its own transpacific cable, connecting Australia and the mainland US directly with a new system called APX East.
APX East will connect Sydney directly with San Diego, California, using the latest tech to manage with no intermediate stops along the way. They might add a branch to Hawaii and Fiji, but according to the release any fiber-pair owners just need SLTE on each end. Plans call for 16 fiber pairs and an RFS date of the end of 2028. They expect the path to offer the lowest latency on the market.
SUBCO is targeting the connectivity needs of planned AI projects in Australia, which the company sees at 75-150Tbps in just a few years. The company is preparing to turn up its new SMAP cable system along the southern coast of the country. They also operate OAC Muscat, Indigo Central, and Indigo West.
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