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The Sta'O'Nuk cable system is Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) first dedicated, privately owned transpacific submarine cable. Designed to deliver over 420 Terabits per second (Tbps) of high-capacity, low-latency bandwidth across 20 fiber pairs, Sta'O'Nuk directly connects North America to Japan. Slated for operational activation in 2029, the system introduces a geographically diverse route that bypasses traditional ocean chokepoints—marking the first international subsea cable landing in Washington state in nearly three decades.
| System Name | Sta'O'Nuk (Quinault for "Lightning Serpent") |
|---|---|
| Developer / Sole Owner | Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
| Design Capacity & Fibers | 420 Tbps | 20 Fiber Pairs (SDM Architecture) |
| Landing Locations | Ocean Shores, Washington (USA) → Kanto Region (Japan) |
| Key Partners | Toptana Technologies, Quinault Indian Nation, Assured Communications |
| Target RFS | 2029 |
Avoids legacy transpacific landing hubs in Oregon, California, Chiba, and Shima, establishing an isolated physical path across the Pacific Ocean.
Lands at Toptana, the first Indigenous-owned cable landing station and backhaul network provider on the U.S. West Coast, developed with the Quinault Indian Nation.
Engineered with multi-layer encryption (L1 Quantum-Safe, L2 MACsec) to move massive datasets for distributed cloud and AI workload training.
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