Subsea Fiber Optic Cables
Grover Beach, CA
RTI Infrastructure Inc., d/b/a HMB IX
• Infrastructure Developer for Subsea Cable Industry
o Small Data Centers
o Cable Landing Stations
o Outside Plant Infrastructure
• Services Provided for the Subsea Cable Industry
o Landing Party Services
o Permitting
o Engineering
o Construction
• The Go-To Firm for California Landings
o 35+ Year History in California
o Have worked in some capacity on 80% of all cables that have landed in CA in that time
Who is RTI (HMB IX)?
Cables are small (0.5 to 1.5-
inch in diameter)
Fast, Clear, High Capacity
Installed by Big Boats
Buried while on shelf, direct
laid in deep water
Global Subsea Cable Market
Carry 95+% of international communications
Satellites augment but cannot replace
Submarinecablemap.com
California Subsea Cable Market
6 “Hubs”
27 Active or
Eminent Cables
Several
Decommissioned
Several in the
Planning Stage
2 4
5 6
4 6
SF Bay Area
LA Area
SLO Subsea Cable Market
History
• Early 60’s Coax from
Hawaii to Morro Bay
• Mid 80’s Fiber Optic
Cables from Hawaii
• 2000’s 1st Wave,
Diversified from
Morro Bay to include
Grover Beach
• 2020’s 2nd Wave to
Grover Beach
• 2025+ More to Morro
Bay?
5 6
Grover Beach
Why Grover Beach?
• National Marine
Sanctuaries.
• Lies between SF
and LA
• Diversity from Morro
Bay/Los Osos
SF Bay Area
LA Area
Grover Beach
2000-era Cables (diversity
from Morro Bay)
• Pacific Crossings 1 (2
cables: Japan and Seattle)
• Pan-American Crossing
(Mexico, Costa Rico,
Panama)
2020’s-era Cables
• Bay to Bay Express
(BtoBE): Singapore/Taiwan
2020/?
• JUNO (Japan) 2024/2025
• Bifrost (Oregon, Guam &
Philippines) 2024/2025
2000s
2020s
USA
AUSTRALIA
CHINA
Washington
Oregon
Grover Beach
Mexico
Mexico
Costa Rica
Panama
Hawaii
Guam
Philippines
Japan
Singapore
Submarine Cables Connecting
Grover Beach to the World
Hong Kong
LEGEND
Landing Location
Pan-America Crossing (2000)
Pacific Crossing 1 (2000)
JUNO (2024)
Bifrost (2024)
BtoBE (2020/?)
What Does the Future Hold?
Subsea Cable Market – Strong
• Driven by AI and Hyper-scalers (Google, Meta,
Amazon, Microsoft, Apple…)
• Think Data Centers
California – Strong
• New cables
• Replacement cables
Grover Beach
• We’ll see
Future of Grover Beach
Strengths
• Diversity from Morro and
Nor- So- Cal
• Location between Bay
Area and LA
• Backhaul is established
Challenges
• Chumash Heritage NMS
o National Legislation
• Data Center / Cable
Landing Station
Constrained
Bay Area Cables?
Monterey Bay
NMS
Chumash
Heritage NMS
Q & A
Chris Brungardt, VP
+1 (916) 949-9141