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“We will be able to accelerate the growth of our connectivity platform, which is in line with Keppel’s Vision 2030, as well as explore synergies with not only Keppel’s data centres, but also Converge’s data centre business,” he adds. Dennis Anthony Uy, CEO of Converge, says that the fibre pair will allow the Philippines to experience faster internet speeds and greater network resiliency. “Our investment into one full fibre pair, connecting us to Singapore and the west coast of North America, will allow us to independently activate at will up to 15Tbps of capacity to either country using the latest technology. Furthermore, our ongoing construction of our National backbone spanning the whole country will allow Converge to distribute this capacity from Davao to any point in the Philippine,” he says. The 15,000km subsea Bifrost Cable System, which is being jointly developed by Keppel T&T, Facebook and Telekom Indonesia, will be the largest capacity high-speed transmission cable across the Pacific Ocean, connectingSingapore to the west coast of North America via Indonesia through the Java Sea and Celebes Sea. The system is slated for completion in 2024. Shares in Keppel Corporation closed 7 cents or 1.27% lower at $5.45 on April 20.
