Lightstorm to invest $1 bn in fibre, cable landing stations

May 23, 2022

Lightstorm plans to invest $1 billion over the next three to five years to expand its fibre network and cable landing stations across India and Southeast Asia.

In India, Lightstorm already runs more than 12,000 km of fibre and about 200 network nodes, connecting nearly 50 multi-tenant data centres across five major economic hubs. By December 2022 it aimed to grow the network to 20,000 km and reach 100 data centre and cloud locations.

A key part of the plan is a network of open-access cable landing stations in India. The country’s subsea capacity lands mainly in Mumbai and Chennai, and CEO Amajit Gupta says that isn’t enough for India’s growing data needs. Lightstorm has also partnered with US-based Cinturion to land the Trans Europe Asia System (TEAS) subsea cable in India.

Outside India, Lightstorm planned to launch in Indonesia later in 2022, connecting more than 40 data centres, with Nepal and Bangladesh to follow. The company expects demand to grow ahead of India’s 5G rollout.

Source: Mint

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