Date: 2026-11-12 hits: 104
MViSTA is a neutral open submarine cable system spanning four countries, with an overall length of around 2,500 km. It features 16 fibre pairs and a total design capacity of 400 Tbps. It will connect Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, with landing points at Vung Tau (Vietnam), Rayong/Songkhla (Thailand), Singapore and Pengerang (Malaysia). Investors: Vietnam Stavian Group, Japan Midas Capital, Malaysia OMS and Singapore LitUp. Only two bidders remain: NEC (Japan) and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN, France). SubCom has withdrawn from the tender. Commercial service is targeted for 2028. Key supporting project: The cable is paired with the Stavian Digital Campus near Ho Chi Minh City, covering nearly 300 hectares. Phase one delivers 300 MW of computing capacity, with a long-term plan of 1 GW, mainly for cloud operators and AI clusters. The US Trade and Development Agency funded the feasibility study for the campus. Industry value: AI computing fuels explosive demand for cross-border high-speed subsea cables in Southeast Asia. Demand for high-speed data centre copper cables and hybrid optical-electrical interconnection cables rises simultaneously. Southeast Asia is emerging as a new growth market for computing cables after North America.
