[tinalumfoil]

You're right. The press release [0] does say "The total amount of investment for the FASTER system is estimated to be approximately USD $300 million". That would, however, make the title of this article wrong.

I'm surprised Techcrunch made that big a mistake in their reporting.

[0] http://www.nec.com/en/press/201408/global_20140811_01.html

[notatoad]

no, the title is accurate. it says "Google invests in $300mm cable", not "Google invests $300mm in cable"