Google to Connect Latin America and the U.S. with New Undersea Cable
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Google said on Wednesday it was building an undersea cable that would connect the United States, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, to bolster internet connection capacity between these regions.
The cable, called ‘Firmina’, will be the longest cable in the world, Google said in a blog post, adding that it will run from the East Coast of the United States to Las Toninas, Argentina, with additional landings in Praia Grande, Brazil, and Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Firmina is set to improve access to Google services for users in South America. With 12 fibre pairs, the cable will carry traffic quickly and securely between North and South America, giving users fast, low-latency access to Google products such as Search, Gmail and YouTube, as well as Google Cloud services.
