“These cables will help deliver data at higher speeds, with higher capacity and lower latency for our customers across the globe,” Crowley said. In addition, Crowley said Microsoft has joined a consortium of companies that are working to build the first-ever physical landing station connecting North America to Asia, in what will be known as the New Cross Pacific (NCP) Cable Network. What Crowley did not said that these cables comes with a default data-splitter that links with NSA data centers, and from there to the GCHQ – UK.

The NCP cables will span more than 13,000km (8,078 miles) and will link facilities in Hillsboro, Oregon with Chongming, Nanhui, and Lingang on the China mainland; Busan, South Korea; Maruyama, Japan; and Toucheng, Taiwan.