Google and Facebook are teaming up to build a massive internet cable under the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Hong Kong , despite both routes being blocked in mainland China . They are working on the project with Hong Kong - based firm Pacific Light ##wave Communications , with the gear for the cable systems coming from TE SubCom . 5:25 AM ET The cable will have enough capacity to handle 100 million high - definition video conference calls between the continents at the same time .
Google and Facebook are teaming up to build a massive internet cable under the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Hong Kong , despite both routes being blocked in mainland China . They are working on the project with Hong Kong - based firm Pacific Light ##wave Communications , with the gear for the cable systems coming from TE SubCom . The cable will have enough capacity to handle 100 million high - definition video conference calls between the continents at the same time .