Malaysian-based Hexa Capital Consultancy, the owner of the Malaysia-US (MYUS) cable, has appointed Alaska Communications as its US landing party for the upcoming MYUS cable. Set to launch by mid-2028, this fiber optic cable will establish a direct link between Malaysia and the US, enhancing digital connectivity across Southeast Asia.
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Route and Key Connection Points
The cable backbone will extend from the Malaysian Peninsula near Mersing to the US territory of Guam, and then directly onward to Alaska Communications' cable landing station in Florence, Oregon. Along the route, MYUS will also connect Batam, Jakarta, and Balikpapan in Indonesia, and Davao in the Philippines.
"The MYUS cable is being designed specifically to provide trusted and reliable direct fiber connectivity between these locations for large hyperscalers, cloud providers, content distributors, carriers, and government customers," according to Hexa.
"MYUS customers can be confident in the route design because it avoids the issues faced by other existing undersea cables that transit contested waters in Southeast Asia, provides efficient routing for the lowest possible latency, and uses well-known, proven existing cable landing sites with excellent uptime performance and widely available backhaul options for Hexa’s fiber pair owners," added Hexa.
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Alaska Communications' Role
Alaska Communications' cable landing facilities in Florence include the beach landing, front-haul fiber, and cable landing station built in 2008 for the Alaska-Oregon Network (AKORN), which was commissioned in 2009.
"Strategically positioned along the Oregon coast, our Florence landing station is a critical hub for subsea fiber optic cables, which are the backbone of today's internet. This location provides unparalleled access to multiple fiber backhaul providers, ensuring seamless connectivity to major data center complexes in Seattle, Hillsboro, Silicon Valley, and beyond," added Alaska Communications.
Malaysia-US (MYUS) Cable
The Malaysia-US (MYUS) Cable is a fiber optic undersea cable network connecting Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines with the United States in Guam and the Pacific Northwest of the continental US, with options for additional future extensions. MYUS is designed as a 16-fiber pair open cable system, with a minimum capacity of 15 Tbps per pair, totalling 240 Tbps.
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Future Plans
The sale of MYUS's wholesale fiber pairs will target hyperscalers, cloud providers, global telcos, and governments, according to the official release.
Hexa expects to secure financing for the MYUS Cable by mid-2025, at which point the System Supply Contract will come into force, and manufacturing and construction will commence, aiming for a mid-2028 Ready For Service (RFS) date.
