Google has been investing heavily in technology infrastructure, especially in vital submarine cables connecting up its global network.
April 24, 2019
Alphabet Inc’s Google has completed a 10,000-kilometer (6,214-mile) subsea cable linking the coast of California to Chile, a key step in its plans to bolster its global cloud computing infrastructure.
As reported in a post on its regional website, Google confirmed that the cable, dubbed as the Curie project, has arrived at the Chilean port of Valparaiso Other links include a cable connecting the United States to Denmark and Ireland, and other linking hubs in Asia.
Google has a data center in the Chilean capital Santiago. The country is working on deploying a fiber-optic network to connect the entire country, and is moving ahead with a separate plan to install a submarine line with Asia.
