Digital Realty Will Add Cable Landing Station in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles facility will bridge subsea cables with North American networks starting in 2028.
Updated on Oct. 5, 2026 in Data Centers
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Digital Realty announced plans to build a cable landing station at its LAX12 data center in Los Angeles. The facility is expected to begin supporting subsea cables by 2028.
Why it matters
This project aims to enhance connectivity between Asia Pacific and North American markets by directly linking oceanic data traffic to local terrestrial networks. It marks a push to consolidate data transit infrastructure within existing data center footprints.
The LAX12 station will land and power trans-Pacific subsea cables, allowing them to terminate directly at the data center. This architecture enables faster traffic handoffs to local cloud providers and network carriers compared to traditional mid-point routing.
The players
Digital Realty
A global provider of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions that owns the LAX12 facility.
Assured Communications
A firm specializing in the design, engineering, and construction of critical communications and network infrastructure.
The details
Assured Communications will oversee the design, engineering, and construction of the facility. The station functions as the physical gateway where undersea fiber-optic cables — the high-capacity cables buried on the ocean floor that carry internet traffic — interface with land-based data center switching equipment.
Timeline
2028: Cable landing station is expected to begin supporting cables.
The Tech Race
The project follows the ongoing expansion of the Asia Pacific-North America subsea cable corridor to reduce latency for transoceanic data traffic. It situates Digital Realty as a competitor in the infrastructure layer of global bandwidth management.
Local businesses and cloud service users in the Los Angeles area can expect improved connectivity to Asia Pacific regions once the station is operational in 2028. The facility will facilitate faster access to high-bandwidth international data streams.
The takeaway
This development highlights the shift toward integrating cable landing infrastructure directly into data center hubs. Readers should watch for 2028 milestones regarding the activation of the first trans-Pacific fiber-optic links at the LAX12 facility.
Further reading
For more on how infrastructure upgrades are shaping regional connectivity, visit Data Centers.
Source note: This article includes information reported by W.
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