Google’s ‘Grace Hopper’ undersea cable just landed in the UK

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| September 15, 2021 — 11:15 GMT (12:15 BST)

| Topic: Networking

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Dubbed Grace Hopper, the subsea cable uses new optical fiber switching to boost capacity.

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Google has completed the UK leg of its private trans-Atlantic subsea cable connecting the US, the UK and Spain, offering it more secure connections than what’s available on the public internet. 

Dubbed Grace Hopper after the computer science pioneer who among many other things helped design the COBOL programming language, the subsea cable uses new optical fiber switching to boost capacity. 

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Liam Tung

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Liam Tung

| September 15, 2021 — 11:15 GMT (12:15 BST)

| Topic: Networking