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LISBON: Alphabet’s Google has successfully connected a new transatlantic subsea cable to Sines in Portugal, it said on Tuesday, adding another US-Europe data route as demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence services surges.
Google’s Nuvem, named after the Portuguese word for “cloud”, links Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with Sines, south of Lisbon, via Bermuda and the Azores.
The Nuvem cable system, which spans about 7,000 km (4,350 miles), comprises 16 fibre pairs with a total design capacity of around 384 terabits per second.
Giorgia Abeltino, head of government affairs and public policy for Google Cloud EMEA, said Nuvem was part of a wider vision for Portugal and Europe to invest in the strategic infrastructure underpinning the digital economy. Subsea cables form the backbone of the world wide web, carrying more than 95pc of global data traffic.
