Google’ subsidiary will use the 5.9-acre land, worth USD 4.87 billion, for its 7194-km Nuvem transatlantic subsea cable system connecting Annie’s Bay in Bermuda to Sines and São Miguel in Portugal and South Carolina in the US. Nuvem will be the first cable system to directly link Bermuda with Europe.

Sep 24, 2024

The Bermuda Land Management Corporation (BLMC) and Seagrass Services Limited, a local subsidiary of the multinational corporation Google LLC, have signed an agreement to lease a site at Burrows Hill in Bermuda worth USD 4.87 million for 262 years.

Seagrass will use the land as part of its plans for the 7194-km Nuvem transatlantic subsea cable system, which will connect Annie’s Bay in Bermuda to Sines and São Miguel in Portugal and South Carolina in the US.

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This plan was first announced in September last year when Google committed to investing in Bermuda.

The 5.9 acres land, originally owned by the Government of Bermuda, was leased to the Bermuda Land Development Company (BLDC), which merged with the West End Development Corporation to form the Bermuda Land Management Corporation (BLMC), said Lt. Col. David Burch, Minister of Public Works.

Speaking in the House of Assembly, Lt. Col. Burch said, ‘‘The site at St. David’s currently housed a remote control car track, which would be moved to another site and the works would be entirely funded by Google.’’

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All the connectivity of Bermuda, which boasts of CBUS, CB-1, Gemini Bermuda and GlobeNet cables, is via the US, South America, and the Caribbean. The Nuvem cable will be the first to directly link the island to Europe.