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Google Announces Three New Cable Projects in the Americas

The expansion adds Alisios, Canoa and OlaLuz to create redundant Pacific routes and support Google Cloud regions, the company said.

  • On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, Google announced the Americas Connect cable project, which will link Chile, Panama, and the Dominican Republic through new subsea infrastructure.
  • The project comprises three new subsea systems—Alisios, Canoa, and OlaLuz—designed to enhance network resilience by rerouting traffic if a cable fault occurs.
  • These new routes provide connectivity to Google Cloud regions in Chile, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, extending the company's network across more than 30 subsea cables worldwide.
  • Google published the announcement in both English and Spanish, establishing Chile, Panama, and the Dominican Republic as key nodes in its expanding Latin American digital infrastructure.
  • No investment figure or operational timeline has been disclosed for the new systems. Future development will focus on integrating these routes to strengthen regional digital capabilities.
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Google has announced a new expansion of its connectivity infrastructure in America with three submarine cables that will travel the depths of the ocean to transport data between different parts of the continent.The new Alisios, Canoa and OlaLuz will be part of Americas Connect, a network designed to increase the capacity, reliability and resilience of digital connections in the region.Undersea cables are an invisible but essential part of the in…

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