Google has joined the Unity consortium, which will build a $300 million fiber optic cable linking the US and Japan. The 7.68 Tbps, 10,000 kilometer (6,200 mile) will increase capacity for ever growing internet traffic between continents.
Google seems to be taking a keen interest in the infrastructure of the internet, first with the auction of the 700Mhz radio spectrum, and now undersea cables. And no wonder. The search giant needs always on, unfettered connectivity, and having to rely on tiered-internet happy ISPs for that connection is doubtless a big worry. Much better to control the whole shebang, end to end.
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