By: Dan Robitzski
June 28, 2019
Deep Connection
Google announced Friday that the company plans on building its third international, under-sea internet cable.
The company is calling the cable “Equiano” and told Reuters that it expects the cable to be at least partially operational by some time in 2021, when a link between Portugal and South Africa will be completed. The project suggests that, just like Amazon and other tech giants, Google is working to cement its role as the basis for the world’s digital infrastructure.