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Google's new subsea cable to link US, United Kingdom and Spain

The cable, named Grace Hopper after the computer scientist, will also connect to Spain, becoming the first Google fiber line to land there, the company said in a statement

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1 min read Last Updated : Jul 29 2020 | 1:48 AM IST

Alphabet’s Google has commissioned a new subsea cable, which it says will be one of the first new fiber lines linking the US and the UK since 2003 and further entrenches the tech giant in global internet infrastructure.

The cable, named Grace Hopper after the computer scientist, will also connect to Spain, becoming the first Google fiber line to land there, the company said in a statement. It joins existing Google subsea cables including Google’s Curie, which runs from the US to Chile, and Dunant, which links the US to France, and Equiano.The Mountain View, California-based company expects to complete the

Topics : Google Alphabet Optical Fibre Cable

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