When Your Cloud Render Travels Along the Ocean Floor
Google is laying Sol, a colossal submarine cable that will connect Santander directly with Florida, passing through Bermuda and the Azores. With 16 pairs of fiber optic cables, this underwater digital highway promises to strengthen the Google Cloud ecosystem and AI services 🌊🔌.
"It's not just a cable, it's strategic redundancy," explain the engineers about the parallel design with the Nuvem cable.
The Atlantic's Least Conventional Route
Key technical details:
- Route: Florida → Bermuda → Azores → Santander
- Capacity: 16 pairs of fiber optic cables
- Manufacturing: Made in the USA with premium standards
- Redundancy: Designed to work with Nuvem
Why It Matters to Digital Creators
Benefits for artists and studios:
- Lower latency in cloud renders
- Greater stability for collaborative workflows
- Reinforced connection between Europe and America
- Support for generative AI tools
Spain is a Strategic Global Node
Other important cables:
- Grace Hopper (Google): Bilbao-USA-United Kingdom
- Andjana (Meta): 24 fibers, 500 Tbps
- Marea (Meta/Microsoft): 6,600 km of capacity
The Irony of Digital Speed
While this happens:
- Your 8K textures are still loading at a snail's pace
- The latest cloud render tests your patience
- And you, unaware that your bits are crossing oceans
Moral: the next time you wait for a heavy file to load, remember that some zeros and ones are swimming 5,000 km along the ocean floor to reach you. Things of modern magic... or fiber optics 🧙♂️.