Vocus plans fibre link between Brisbane and Darwin

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Vocus is set to build a long-haul fibre cable connecting Brisbane, Townsville and Darwin, which will form part of its Australian Digital Infrastructure Platform (ADIP) project.

The first stretch of cable being deployed as part of the ADIP runs between Sydney and Melbourne, with UGL appointed development partner.

It will now be joined by the new link connecting Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Vocus said in a statement that it has “started route planning, technical design, and customer engagement activities” for the second link, which runs approximately 4000km.

It is expected to be ready for service in 2030, a year after the Sydney-Melbourne link.

Through the construction of ADIP, Vocus hopes to support growing demand for network connectivity to carry AI and other traffic associated with digital systems.

“Northern Australia is becoming a critical region for AI, cloud , and digital services , with Queensland and the Northern Territory emerging as important data centre precincts and gateways connecting Australia with Asia and the United States,” Vocus CEO Andres Irlando said in a statement.

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