Google’s next undersea internet cable will link Africa and Europe
Google has announced its third private undersea internet cable will run between Europe and Africa.
One end will make landfall in Portgual. While you might expect the cable would connect to Morocco, it’ll run all the way down the African coast to South Africa, with pit stops in other nations.
says it has invested $47 billion over the last three years to bolster its tech infrastructure.
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is the 14th cable it has a stake in overall, and Google’s third private international cable project.
The first, Curie, was completed in April and runs between Chile and Los Angeles.
The other cable, Dunant, will link France and the US and should be online next year.
Such cables are vital for connectivity, as they shuttle around 99 percent of the planet’s data traffic.