Google connects new transatlantic cable between Portugal and the US

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.