PLDT Boosts Country's Hyperscale Readiness With Jupiter Cable

PLDT, the country's largest integrated telecom, accomplished another milestone by leading the Jupiter Cable System landing ceremony in Daet, Camarines Norte. Camarines Norte Vice Governor Joseph Ascutia, Mayor Benito Ochoa of the town of Daet, and top PLDT executives attended the launch of Jupiter's Philippine link in the telco's cable landing site.

Photo Insert: Jupiter cable installation. It is now the fastest cable link connecting the Philippines with the US.

The Jupiter Cable System is the most recent addition to PLDT's 16 international cables that carry crucial data in and out of the country. It runs from North America across the Pacific Ocean, linking directly to Maruyama and Shima in Japan and Daet, Camarines Norte in the Philippines.

It is now the fastest cable link connecting the Philippines with the US. When fully operational, it is expected to raise PLDT's international capacity from 20 Terabit/s to around 60 Terabit/s.

The Jupiter Cable system will act as a global data highway connecting the Philippines to the rest of the world. It is intended to significantly increase the country's international capability to the United States and Japan, foster worldwide trade in digital services, and therefore accelerate the country's digital economy.

PLDT's increasing investments in undersea fiber links demonstrate the company's strong commitment to increasing data capacity and network resilience in order to strengthen the Philippines' digital competitiveness and meet the tremendous demand of hyperscalers.

Jupiter is the Philippines' first international undersea cable system to adopt an Open Cable Model, allowing PLDT to power up and offer hyperscale bandwidth to corporations around the world more quickly.

Jupiter was delivered using horizontal directional drilling to reduce environmental disturbance and assist marine life preservation, with sustainability as a major concern.

This achievement significantly strengthens PLDT's strategy in positioning the Philippines as the next Asia-Pacific hyperscaler hub and enriching the country's Hyperscale Ecosystem, which is comprised of connected digital infrastructures such as data centers, subsea cables, domestic fiber network, 5G, cloud, and IOT.

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