Google Details Plans For New Subsea Internet Cable Linking Africa And Australia
SiliconANGLE , Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
Google LLC announced plans to deploy a new subsea internet cable, called Umoja, that will provide connectivity between Africa and Australia.
The cable marks the latest in a series of underwater networking projects announced by the search giant. In April, Google detailed a $1 billion initiative to enhance subsea internet infrastructure in the Pacific. A few months earlier, it announced plans to build an undersea cable that will connect Portugal, Bermuda and the U.S.
'Umoja will enable African countries to more reliably connect with each other and the rest of the world,' Brian Quigley, vice president of global network infrastructure at Google LLC's cloud unit, wrote in a blog post today. 'Establishing a new route distinct from existing connectivity routes is critical to maintaining a resilient network for a region that has historically experienced high-impact outages.'