New Taipei-Hong Kong subsea route opened to cut risk and meet AI demand

One of the world’s biggest network service providers has opened a new subsea route between Taipei and Hong Kong to strengthen the system against repeated underwater cable disruptions around the island.Britain-headquartered RETN said the new route would take its total to six serving Taiwan: four connecting Taipei and Hong Kong, and two linking Taipei and Tokyo.“Like many island economies, Taiwan’s international connectivity relies heavily on subsea cables, which creates exposure to risks such as concentration where multiple systems share similar corridors or landing points, alongside ageing subsea cables, natural hazards and fishing activities,” the company said in a statement on September 28.“We aim to address recurring subsea disruptions and support growing demand for data-intensive workloads such as artificial intelligence, cloud, and high-performance computing.