The Google corporation plans to improve the quality of digital communication between the USA and Japan. For this, the company plans to lay two new underwater cables across the Pacific Ocean. Investments in the project will reach $1 billion, writes Reuters.
Two underwater cables Proa and Taihei speed up communication between by the United States, Japan and several other Pacific island countries.
Building on the commitment of the United States and Australia to jointly fund submarine cables in October 2023, the United States and Japan plan to cooperate with like-minded partners to build reliable and more sustainable networks and intend to allocate funds for the laying of submarine cables in the Pacific region, Joint statement by US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
Google specifies that the Proa submarine cable will connect the United States, Japan, the Northern Mariana Islands and the island of Guam, and theTaihei cable — USA, Japan and Hawaii. The corporation will also finance the construction of a cross-channel cable between Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
The corporation will work with Japanese companies, including KDDI, Arteria Networks, Philippines-based Citadel Pacific and CNMI, to improve digital communications in the region.