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Five accomplished leaders are tasked with governing and operationalizing new cable landing station grounded in bringing connectivity to unserved and under-served markets.
Data Center Dynamics: A new cable landing station (CLS) is coming to indigenous-owned land on the northwest coast of the US.
As the First New Cable Landing Station in Washington State in Over Two Decades, Project Aims to Close Digital Divide for Community and Increase Internet Connectivity for the Region
Despite surging demand for connectivity around the world, Washington State has not had a new subsea cable land on its coast in over twenty years – the last one having been landed in 1999. Subsea cable installations are complex infrastructure projects that can take years to complete. The reasons for this are complicated and involve a number of barriers that can either slow the project down or, in some cases, render it impossible. Here are just a few of the main considerations companies must consider as part of a subsea fiber cable project.
Indian Nations across the United States are sovereign governments. The Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) has possessed full legal sovereignty since time immemorial, as was recognized by the United States in 1855, when the Quinault River Treaty (also known as the Treaty of Olympia) was negotiated. The Quinault govern their own people and territory in matters of legislation, taxation, law enforcement, administration, and regulation. Sovereignty means the QIN governs itself and creates laws that make sense for its population and to be inclusive of their culture.
Roughly 46 million, or 14% of the country’s population, live in rural America. People living in these areas face unique challenges stemming from their physical isolation, including limited job opportunities and decreased access to goods and services, all of which impact their quality of life. Economic data reflects this problem – Americans in rural and indigenous communities face disproportionately higher levels of poverty compared to their urban counterparts.
Toptana Technologies launched in 2021 and as an enterprise fully owned by the members of the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) of Washington State. For the QIN people, culture is the bedrock of our community. As such, bettering the lives of individuals in the community and establishing new paths for the tribe’s economic future has been the mission of QIN leadership since the beginning. It is for this reason that QIN actively seeks out new business opportunities that can sustainably fuel the community’s long term prosperity.
Internet access in the Pacific Northwest is more inconsistent than some people may realize. Particularly in rural and sparsely populated areas, the connectivity options are typically far below the standards of speed, bandwidth, and reliability people can expect in urban and suburban areas, and even below the minimum FCC guidelines. As inhabitants of one of the more rural areas of Washington State, the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) has devoted years to the search for improved internet connectivity options on the reservation.
Not too long ago, access to the internet was likely by many considered to be a luxury. With the emergence of new technologies such as 5G, AI, AR, VR, self-driving cars, and IoT – not to mention the realities of at-home learning and working during Covid-19 – this outdated view has evolved to reveal that high-speed broadband access is a basic necessity to participate in our modern world.
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) work has become an increasingly important initiative for businesses in recent years, but these are inherent cultural values to the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) and therefore, Toptana Technologies.
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