“Google finishes laying a giant undersea internet cable stretching 3,900 miles from New York to the UK and Spain” – Why is this needed and how is there a cable that’s long enough?

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[source](https://www.businessinsider.com.au/google-grace-hopper-undersea-subsea-internet-cable-nyc-london-2021-9/)

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Answer 1

That’s how most of the internet works. There are hundreds of undersea cables going around the planet: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

Google likely just wanted their own cable instead of paying to use someone else’s.