Google Is Putting Money Into That Fast Undersea Internet Cable Between Eureka and Singapore, and They Think It’ll be Done by 2023 – Lost Coast Outpost

Surely a first: Google has literally put Eureka on one of its maps. Source.

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Youve heard about that big, new, fat fiber optic pipe theyre going to lay down between Singapore and Eureka? (If you havent, check the links below.) The plan is that itll descend down into the deep from one of the worlds major financial capitals and make its way eastward, with stopovers in Indonesia and Guam, before crawling up to shore via the old Samoa pulp mills outfall pipe, which extends about a mile out to sea.

This is an exciting prospect! Already a big, international datacenter company has laid down plans for a new facility in Arcata, and its everyones dearest hope that even more tech dolla will rain down upon our shores once our slick new line is in place.

Which is when? Well, according to Google, its expected to be operational by the summer of 2023.

And when I say according to Google, Im not saying that I just Googled it. I am saying that literally Google is saying that. Because, as the company announced on its Google Cloud Blog yesterday, its throwing a bunch of money at the Singapore-Eureka undersea line, which is codenamed Echo.

Echos architecture is designed for maximum resilience, writes the Goog. Its unique Trans Pacific route to Southeast Asia avoids crowded, traditional paths to the north and is expected to be ready for service in 2023. We look forward to the expanded connectivity that Echo will bring to Southeast Asia, enabling new opportunities for people and businesses in the region.

And this region too, hopefully.

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