SubCom confirms that Google has selected it to design, manufacture, and deploy Firmina, a new high-speed subsea cable system connecting North and South America.
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.