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The system, dubbed TalayLink, will connect South Thailand to Western Australia, with a stop at Christmas Island, where Google is building an AI data hub
Today, Google Cloud has unveiled TalayLink, a new subsea cable linking Australia and Thailand. The system, Google says, will help improve digital connectivity, reliability, and network resilience across the Asia-Pacific region.
This initiative builds on Google’s earlier announcements under the Australia Connect project, with TalayLink charting a new route via the Indian Ocean west of the Sunda Strait. By avoiding heavily congested paths, this new cable system will strengthen the fabric of Google’s global network, particularly connecting to its planned data centres and cloud region in Thailand.
The name TalayLink is derived from the Thai word for “sea,” a fitting title for a cable designed to reinforce vital undersea infrastructure in a region where digital growth and cloud adoption are accelerating rapidly. In addition to the cable itself, Google will set up two new connectivity hubs in Western Australia (Mandurah) and South Thailand.
According to Bikash Koley, Vice President of Google Global Infrastructure, the combinaton of the new cable systems and these data hubs represent a strategic effort to future-proof connectivity for the region, particularly with regard to the growth of digital and AI services.
“When they’re complete, TalayLink and the connectivity hubs will support network resilience across Australia, Africa and Southeast Asia. When combined with our previously announced connectivity hubs in the Maldives and Christmas Island, these investments will provide onward connectivity across the Indian Ocean and beyond to the Middle East,” he said in a company blog post.
Source: Google CloudThis announcement complements other recent efforts by Google and allied partners to bolster subsea infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region. Google’s Australia Connect initiative, for example, includes the Bosun subsea cable linking Darwin to Christmas Island, contributing to more resilient pathways connecting Australia to Asia and beyond.
Moreover, Google’s broader subsea network expansion extends into the Pacific and even between continents, exemplified by the forthcoming Humboldt cable linking South America with the Asia-Pacific region, signalling a global vision for highly interconnected and resilient internet infrastructure.
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