Topaz - Canada

Key Takeaways

oh oh yeah [Music] the water is special because it nourishes us to be able to feed our people feed our guests and to look after for our next generation [Music] when we're building something we have to be mindful of everything seeing the cause and effect to everything we call it sawak meaning everything's connected connecting people in places is at the heart of what we do at Google we don't just want to organize the world's information but we need to make it universally accessible which means we need to connect everyone on the planet Google is working with a large number of infrastructure providers to build the first cable connecting Canada to Japan voted in terms of the growth of the internet over the years you know like the growth is exponential it keeps growing and it keeps expanding we need to keep adding capacity to it and project topaz cable is you know it's The Cutting Edge the latest and greatest and it's really a big deal and I'm happy to be a part of it since 2010 we've spent over two billion dollars improving the infrastructure of Asia Pacific we've constructed interconnect hubs in over 15 cities in Asia Pacific across nine economies additionally we've deployed Google global cash in over 278 cities in Asia Pacific with bandwidth demand doubling every two years continued economic investment is critical to meeting the growing demand of businesses Heber provides visibility and Mobility solutions that powers our customers operational workflows on a daily basis any service Interruption can impact our bottom line we rely on Google to provide that underlying resiliency in the network and have zebra focus on the application data science and data analytics layers that allows us to deliver the best solutions to our customers for us subsea cables are just something that we don't worry about but the role that they play is being able to connect locations and systems across the globe the idea of ubiquitous connectivity that's always on always working always resilient and super low latency becomes really critical to realizing the future Google are pulling that future forward faster than ever before when they started planning for the the line to run through Port Alberni they reached out to all the First Nations around here right away anything that we wanted it was taken care of so if any of us had any problems they'd solve it malware people utilized the territory of this Valley Hunting Fishing Gathering [Music] our connection to this place it's critically important it's kind of a big part of Who We Are we appreciated that Google consulted with other First Nations and shot respectfully as a cable passes through our territory the Alberni Valley the Alberni Inlet Barkley sound and all the way out to the Pacific Ocean that's how we want to carry ourselves and that's how we want businesses to carry themselves in our territory Friday how did it go everything went awesome thanks again for all the work that you guys did building a submarine Network it's not just about connecting Canada and Japan it's not just about connecting Google it's about being a good Steward to the ecosystem of Global Communications that's it great work everyone connecting people and places and neighborhoods it's about connecting the world