For lower latency, half traffic routes through HKIX to HGC to Google, the other half goes to Google hosted in San Jose the long way.
Because the connection from Asia to anywhere else is still slow compared with intra-North America speeds.And also why is it they are part of a consortium laying down a new fiber between asia to the US?
Seriously you don't know? What cave have you been living in? Money of course. Big data centres bring in jobs and significant infrastructure that also attracts other companies to co-locate.Why would a goverment give a flying fuck about google having data centers in Asia?