back to article The data must flow! Facebook and Google funding Apricot – a 12,000-kilometre sub cable across South-East-Asia

Google and Facebook will together build an underwater cable system to provide internet access to island nations stretching in an arc from Indonesia to Japan. The project, dubbed Apricot, will connect Japan, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia via a 12,000-kilometre-long submarine cable. The fiber-optic …

  1. Dinanziame Silver badge
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    Japan, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia

    Makes sense to connect as many countries and possible, right? I note the new cable is bypassing Hong Kong though. Wonder why.

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