REGIONAL ANALYSIS AND CAPACITY OUTLOOK | AUSTRALASIA REGION

kilometers added per year, with an average system length of 2,830 kilometers. As submarine cable systems typically require a two-year development cycle from the time they are announced, it is unlikely many systems will be announced for 2024 by the end of this year, and any further system development will occur in 2025 or later.

There are currently 19 planned systems set to be ready for service for the period 2022 to 2025. As is normally the case with the AustralAsia region, several of these systems are smaller in scope connecting island nations to major hubs while the other cables span large swathes of the region or are backed by Hyperscalers. Of these planned systems, 53 percent are considered CIF – a noticeable increase from last year’s 42 percent. (Figure 90) With more than half of the 19 systems planned through 2025 already CIF, this indicates that the region can still support increased growth.

THE AUSTRALASIA MARKET HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. SINCE 2008, IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BUSIEST REGIONS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

REGIONAL SNAPSHOT:

Current Systems: 199

Capacity: 1920 Tbps

Planned Systems: 23

Planned Capacity: 2348 Tbps