Google to expand cloud infrastructure with new regions, submarine cables


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 17 Jan 2018

Google Inc. Home smart speakers are displayed at the company's booth during the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Electric and driverless cars will remain a big part of this year's CES, as makers of high-tech cameras, batteries, and AI software vie to climb into automakers' dashboards. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Jan 9 it would add five regions and build three new submarine cables as it expands its infrastructure for cloud customers. 

The company, which has invested US$30bil (RM118.84bil) in infrastructure over the past three years, said its Netherlands and Montreal regions will open in the first quarter of 2018, followed by Los Angeles, Finland, and Hong Kong. 

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