Facebook and Google in partnership with China Soft Power Technology subsidiary Pacific Light Data Communication Co. and TE SubCom on Wednesday announced plans to co-build the first direct undersea cable system linking Los Angeles and Hong Kong with ultra-high capacity transmission.
Google Networking Infrastructure Director Brian Quigley said the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) will consist of 12,800 km (nearly 8,000 miles) of fiber with an estimated capacity of 120 Tbps, effectively making it the highest-capacity trans-Pacific route (a record that is currently held by another Google-based cable system, FASTER).
