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Microsoft Invests In Undersea Cable Projects

Posted by samzenpus on from the under-the-sea dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft announced today that it will partner with a group of telecom companies in order to build new undersea cables. A new cable will connect data centers in China, South Korea, and Japan to the West Coast. Microsoft hopes the New Cross Pacific (NCP) Cable Network will improve connection speeds and boost its competitiveness in cloud computing. They also made deals with Hibernia and Aqua Comms, to invest in a cable with each company connecting Microsoft's datacenter infrastructure from North America to Ireland and the United Kingdom. A company announcement reads in part: "Additionally, we joined a consortium comprised of China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, KT Corporation with TE SubCom as the cable supplier. As part of our participation in the consortium, Microsoft will invest in its first physical landing station in the US connecting North America to Asia. The New Cross Pacific (NCP) Cable Network will provide faster data connections for customers, aid Microsoft in competing on cloud costs, all while creating jobs and spurring local economies. The goal of our expansions and investments in subsea cables is so our customers have the greatest access to scale and highly available data, anywhere."

2 of 41 comments (clear)

  1. A worrying trend by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Software companies (Microsoft, Google, Facebook) are investing in internet infrastructure because they are out of ideas.

  2. NSA problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Who exactly wants to move their private personal and business data to this 'cloud' you speak of?
    Because we know that cloud is based in Utah and run by military men who even spy on their own government.