Tuas, Singapore

Tuas, Singapore is a submarine cable landing point in Singapore (coordinates 1.3382°, 103.6471°). It serves 16 submarine cable systems, making it a major regional hub in Singapore's international connectivity infrastructure.

Tuas is a planning area located within the West Region of Singapore. It is bounded by the Western Water Catchment to its north, Pioneer to its east and the Straits of Johor to its west. Tuas also shares a maritime boundary with the Western Islands planning area to its east. It has six subzones, Tengeh, Tuas Bay, Tuas North, Tuas Promenade, Tuas View and Tuas View Extension. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Tuas, Singapore

Cables landing at Tuas, Singapore are operated by 52 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Algerie Telecom, Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNET), Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bharti Airtel, Campana Group, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Chunghwa Telecom, and 42 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Tuas, Singapore, international traffic can reach 37 countries through 16 cable systems. Destinations include Algeria, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Cyprus, Djibouti and 29 more. With multiple redundant paths, traffic at this landing point can reroute through alternative cables if any single system experiences an outage.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 2 monitoring events on cables serving Tuas, Singapore in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• INSICA (2026) — INSICA is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Indonesia and Singapore. Landing at Tanjung Bemban, Tuas, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• SEA-H2X (2026) — SEA-H2X is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Southeast Asia and East Asia, with 6 landing points across 5 countries including Kuching, Malaysia, La Union, Philippines, Lingshui, China, Songkhla, Thailand and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Southeast Asia and East Asia. Read more →
• SeaMeWe-6 (2026) — SEA-ME-WE 6 is the sixth submarine cable in a series that has been laying fibre between Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe since 1985. The original SEA-ME-WE (just SEA-ME-WE, no number) was commissioned in 1985 as one of the earliest long-haul submarine cables in the modern sense. SEA-ME-WE 2 followed in 1994, SEA-ME-WE 3 in 1999, SEA-ME-WE 4 in 2005, SEA-ME-WE 5 in 2016. Read more →
• Apricot (2025) — APRICOT is a hyperscaler submarine cable lit for service in 2025, connecting eight landings across five countries and one US territory — Minamiboso in Japan, Toucheng in Taiwan, Tuas in Singapore, Batam and Tanjung Pakis in Indonesia, Agat in Guam, Baler and Davao in the Philippines. Read more →
• Bifrost (2025) — BIFROST is the longest submarine cable we monitor. Nineteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight kilometres of fibre, stretched from Jakarta across the Indonesian archipelago, through Davao and Manado in the Philippines, via Tuas in Singapore, out to Alupang in Guam, and then across the full width of the Pacific Ocean to three North American landings — Grover Beach in California, Winema in Oreg Read more →
• Asia Direct Cable (ADC) (2024) — Asia Direct Cable (ADC) is a 9,988 km intra-Asian submarine cable ready for service in 2024. It connects seven landings across seven countries and territories: Tuas in Singapore, Sriracha in Thailand, Quy Nhon in Vietnam, Shantou in mainland China, Chung Hom Kok in Hong Kong, Batangas in the Philippines, and Maruyama in Japan. Read more →
• India Asia Xpress (IAX) (2024) — Based on 39 RIPE Atlas measurements from GeoCables monitoring infrastructure, March–April 2026. India Asia Xpress — IAX — is a submarine cable that came into service in 2024 under what is, by 2020s standards, an unusual ownership structure. Two owners: Reliance Jio Infocomm of India and China Mobile International of China. No hyperscaler investor. No consortium of traditional Western telecoms. Read more →
• MIST (2024) — Based on 47 RIPE Atlas measurements from GeoCables monitoring infrastructure, March–April 2026. When you read the technical sheet for the MIST cable — Malaysia-India-Singapore-Thailand, brought into service in 2024 by Orient Link — you'll find an unambiguous number: 8,100 kilometres of fibre, 12 pairs, five landing stations across four countries. Read more →
• UMO (2023) — UMO is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Myanmar and Singapore. Landing at Thanlyin, Tuas, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• PEACE Cable (2022) — PEACE Cable is a 15,000 km submarine system that entered full service in December 2022, connecting Europe to Asia via Africa. Its acronym stands for "Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe" — a literal description of its route. Read more →
• INDIGO-West (2019) — INDIGO-West is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Indonesia, Australia, Singapore. Its 3 landing points at Jakarta, Perth, Tuas bridge the networks of Southeast Asia, Oceania, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Indonesia Global Gateway (IGG) System (2018) — Indonesia Global Gateway (IGG) System is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Indonesia and Singapore. Landing at Bali, Balikpapan, Batam, Dumai, Jakarta, and 5 more, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• SeaMeWe-5 (2016) — SeaMeWe-5 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 16 countries across North Africa, Middle East, Europe. With 18 landing points — including Abu Talat, Al Hudaydah, Catania, Dumai, Fujairah, and 13 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) (2013) — Southeast Asia-Japan Cable (SJC) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Japan, China, Philippines, Brunei, Singapore. Its 6 landing points at Chikura, Chung Hom Kok, Nasugbu, Shantou, Telisai, and 1 more bridge the networks of East Asia, Southeast Asia, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• SeaMeWe-4 (2005) — SeaMeWe-4 is a major intercontinental submarine cable system spanning 14 countries across North Africa, South Asia, Middle East. With 16 landing points — including Alexandria, Annaba, Bizerte, Chennai, Colombo, and 11 more — it forms one of the backbone links carrying international internet traffic between continents. Read more →
• i2i Cable Network (i2icn) (2002) — i2i Cable Network (i2icn) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking India and Singapore. Landing at Chennai, Tuas, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.