Google Is Laying a Subsea Cable From Virginia to France On Tuesday, Google announced their plans to lay a private line across the Atlantic Ocean to connect a U.S. data center to one
in Europe. Jayne Stowell, Strategic negotator, Google Operating its own cable will allow Google to directly connect its data centers without having to share any bandwidth. The cable is named "Dunant," after Red Cross founder Henry Dunant. It will land in France, after crossing 4,000 miles of ocean floor, and connect to Google's headquarters in Belgium. The cable is expected to be operational by late 2020.
