Sol to connect Santander in northern Spain with Florida
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Without financial assistance from third parties, Google is laying its next undersea data cable between the US and Europe. This cable will connect Florida and Spain, as well as the nearby data centres.
The data cable, named Sol, will run between Palm Coast in the US and Santander in northern Spain.
In Spain, Google is partnering with technology company Telxius to bring the cable ashore and operational in Europe. They previously worked together to land the Dunant cable in France and Grace Hopper in Spain.
The new cable is part of a global network of ultra-fast data cables. Sol will run almost parallel to the Nuvem cable, but that one comes ashore in Europe in Portugal.
For years, Google has been investing independently and in collaboration with others in laying tens of thousands of kilometres of cable. These are mostly lines from America to Asia, Europe, and South America. The company has around two dozen undersea data cables in operation, production, and planning. The first privately laid transatlantic line (Dunant) was activated on 17 July 2018.
In a press release, the tech company said: “Sol will increase capacity, improve reliability, and reduce latency for Google users and Google Cloud customers worldwide. Alongside cable networks such as Nuvem, Firmina, Equiano, and Grace Hopper, Sol establishes key locations on the other side of the Atlantic as connectivity hubs.”
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