Aerial view of crowded beach in the city of Mar del Plata, the most famous watering place in the atlantic coast of Argentina, south america. Rudimencial via Getty Images
Google is making a big push to improve connectivity in South America with its new Firmina subsea cable. It ll run from the US East Coast to Las Toninas, Argentina, with additional connections in Punda del Este, Uruguay and Praia Grande, Brazil. Notably, Google says this is the longest subsea cable in the world that can be powered from a single end, which should help to stabilize its connection amid power supply issues. Firmina marks Google s 16th undersea cable investment, which also includes the Curie cable connecting the US and Chile, and the Grace Hopper cable that reaches the U.K. and Spain.
Firmina will improve access to Google services for users in South America on June 9, 2021, 13:47
What just happened? Google is building a new subsea cable that will link the East Coast of the United States to Las Toninas, Argentina, with branches in Praia Grande, Brazil, and Punta del Este, Uruguay. Once complete, the Firmina cable will be the longest in the world that is capable of running entirely from a single power source at one end of the cable.
Bikash Koley, VP of global networking for Google Cloud, described this feature as a “resilience boost at a time when reliable connectivity is more important than ever.”
Google’s Firmina Cable To Improve Access For South America
‘Connecting North to South America, the cable will be the longest ever to feature single-end power feeding capability,’ says Bikash Koley, vice president of global networking for Google Cloud. ‘Achieving this record-breaking, highly resilient design is accomplished by supplying the cable with a voltage 20 percent higher than with previous systems.’ By Donna Goodison June 09, 2021, 01:38 PM EDT
Google will build an open subsea cable system that will stretch from the east coast of the United States to Argentina to help improve access to its services, including Google Cloud, for customers in South America.