Southern Cross Cable Networks aims to boost internet bandwidth 5X between the U.S. and Australia/New Zealand.
Southern Cross Cable Networks aims to boost internet bandwidth 5X between the U.S. and Australia/New Zealand.
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Equinix and Southern Cross Cables to link internet in New Zealand and Australia with the U.S.

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Equinix has partnered with Southern Cross Cables to link the internet in New Zealand and Australia with the U.S. The plan is to boost network capacity by five-fold.

The aim is to enhance trans-Pacific connectivity and meet the surging demand for low-latency data transmission. Equinix is a big digital infrastructure company that connects data centers around the world. Equinix will provide interconnectivity for the Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable system.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.