Submarine capacity provider Pacific Carriage Limited (PCL), owner of the Southern Cross Cable Network in the US, has announced that Southern Cross Next cable (SX Next) has landed at the HMB IX facility in Hermosa Beach, California. SX Next will expand the capacity of US to Oceania global connectivity by up to an additional 72 Tbps, providing the largest capacity, express route to link the US with Australia and New Zealand, Southern Cross said.
Once completed in early 2022, SX Next is expected to enhance PCT’s existing Southern Cross network and increase interconnect options for key Oceania markets to major content hubs in the US via an eco-system of 12 cable stations and 8 key data centre hubs in Australia and the US, spanning 6 countries and 8 time zones, all interconnected by over 45,000 kilometres of cable.
PCL reports it has selected HMB IX for SX Next due to its expertise in delivering and managing submarine cable landings and cable landing stations, and its onward connectivity to PCL’s existing data centre locations in Los Angeles. HMB IX is the owner and operator of carrier neutral submarine cable landing assets and the cable landing station facility in Hermosa Beach, California, with multiple dark fibre backhaul routes to extend its customers’ connectivity to downtown Los Angeles, California.
SX Next cable to create third route in Southern Cross network ecosystem
SX Next will form a third route in the Southern Cross network ecosystem connecting the United States with Australia, Fiji, Tokelau, Kiribati and New Zealand. Southern Cross currently links Auckland and Los Angeles, and Sydney, and the addition of the SX Next route is expected to further enhance the capability of these routes.
SX Next will interconnect into Southern Cross’ existing data centre locations in Los Angeles (Equinix LA1 and CoreSite LA1) and Silicon Valley (Equinix SV1, Equinix SV8 and CoreSite SV1), and will also provide the United States’ first direct fibre optic cable link with Tokelau and Kiribati.
