The companies proposed the Pacific Light Cable Network project in 2017, listing all three trans-Pacific destinations. American security agencies, the Justice Department, on June 17 asked the Federal Communications Commission to deny the link to Hong Kong, saying it would give China a way to acquire Americans' personal data.
The agencies recommended that the FCC approve parts of the project connecting the US to Taiwan and the Philippines. Google in April won authority to operate the portion linking Taiwan for six months. The Google representative said the original application"has been withdrawn, and a revised application for the US-Taiwan and US-Philippines portions of the system has been submitted."
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