Google announced Wednesday that it’s investing in a new subsea cable system that will run between Australia and Asia. The investment is Google’s latest move to strengthen its ties to the APAC region.
Called Indigo, the cable will connect Perth, Sydney, and Singapore, with a branch to Jakarta. To build the cable, Google is partnering with AARNet, Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel, SubPartners and Telstra, while Alcatel Submarine Networks will construct the cable. Span approximately 9,000km, it’s expected to be completed by mid-2019.
Indigo will initially have two fibre pairs with a design capacity of around 18 terabits per second — enough capacity for people in Singapore and Sydney to join 8 million simultaneous high-definition Google Hangout video conference calls — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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