Google and Meta Pacific subsea cables ranked most at risk from sabotage

A US-China Economic and Security Review Commission report ranks trans-Pacific cables by sabotage risk, with Google's TPU, Meta's ORCA and Verizon's E2A projects in the top five. Risk is highest near Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines, where routes cross shallow, busy shipping lanes.

• Google's TPU, Meta's ORCA and Verizon's E2A rank in the top five for risk
• Highest risk is near Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines due to shallow waters
• Cutting one cable could overwhelm direct US–Asia routing capacity
• CSIS: Chinese research ships spend unusual time near subsea cables