Google Commissions Subsea Cable Linking U.S. and U.K.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will build a new subsea cable linking the U.S., the U.K. and Spain, further entrenching the tech giant’s role in global internet infrastructure.

The fiber line, named Grace Hopper after the computer scientist, will be the first Google subsea route to Spain and one of the first new cables linking the U.K. and U.S. since 2003, the company said in a statement Tuesday.