Today marked a historic occasion as the Prime Minister Hon. Sitiveni Rabuka officiated the groundbreaking ceremony for Google’s state-of-the-art ICT facility at Natadola in the Nadroga Province.
This significant infrastructure project presents a giant leap forward for Fiji, in our shared aspirations for a more connected and prosperous future.
Prime Minister Rabuka, in his official remarks, revealed that the facility will hold a new cable landing station and will house vital infrastructure, including data transmission servers and racks, and power generating equipment to support international fiber optic cables that Google will lay into and in Fiji.
“This infrastructure will promote Fiji as a hub for digital connectivity within the Pacific,” he said.
“The ICT facility will house the second cable landing station in Viti Levu, and one which will strengthen Fiji’s internet connectivity, and make it more resilient, with two landings stations, one in the Central Division and one here in the West.”
Google is investing in four new international sub-sea cables which will also connect to Fiji.
These sub-sea cables will connect Fiji to the United States, Australia, Japan, and Chile, positioning Fiji as a strategic hub for digital connectivity within the Pacific.