Google first announced its Grace Hopper Cable Project, which now Spans more than 3,900 miles, across the Atlantic, in July 2020.
Google finishes laying the Giant Undersea Internet Cable from New York to the UK and Spain.
The Grace Hopper Cable was landed in Bude, Cornwall, on the UK's Western Coast, on Tuesday.
A Google Spokesperson said that the Landing, was originally scheduled for July.
Another End of the Cable landed in Bilbao, Spain, earlier in September.
Google said at that time, that the Cable was set to Transport, between 340 and 350 Terabytes of Data per Second, or roughly equivalent to 17.5 Million People simultaneously streaming 4K Video.
The Company said the Cable would use a New Technique Called "fibre switching," which should make Web Traffic more Reliable even with Outages.
The Cable is due to come Online in 2022.
Grace Hopper isn't the only Google Cable linking the U.S. with Europe. In February, the Company announced that its "Dunant" Cable connecting the U.S. with France was Ready for Service.
Google is invested in Undersea Cable Projects around the World.
The Company, said in August, it had Partnered with Facebook to Build a New Cable called "Apricot," which is planned to Link Six Countries in Asia using 7,456 Miles of Cable.
Apricot is due to come Online in 2024.
In June, Google announced Plans to lay a New Cable called "Firmina" running from the U.S. West Coast down to Argentina.
The Company already has a Cable called "Curie," which Connects the U.S. West Coast with Panama and Chile. Curie came Online in 2019.
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