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by eru 1249 days ago
They are building a cable from Australia to Singapore. Going to Japan is in a similar order of magnitude.
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Nope.

The length was fine .. the single breakable deeply submersed part where it crosses multiple faultlines in an earthquake rich volcanic region was bonkers.

See:

Atlassian CEO's bonkers scheme to pipe electricity from Australia to Singapore collapses

   4,000km extension cords are hard to build
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/22/suncable_collapses/