Category: infrastructure

Google’s next undersea cable will connect the US with the UK and Spain

Post author By Randall
Post date July 28, 2020
Categories In gear, Google, google cloud, grace hopper, infrastructure, Internet, News, subsea, Tech

[ad_1] Nestled inside the line is 32 fibers packing optical fiber switching that, Google says, will improve reliability and greater redundancy to prevent outages. The contract to lay the pipe was signed earlier this year, and Google is expecting it to come online at some point in 2022. If you’re unfamiliar, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper […]

Bipartisan highway bill proposes $1 billion for EV charging corridors

Post author By Randall
Post date July 29, 2019
Categories In ben cardin, bill, carbon emissions, Climate, Climate Change, emissions, ev, ev charger, ev charging, funding, gear, global warming, green, highway, infrastructure, john barrasso, legislation, Politics, shelley moore capito, Tech, tom carper, tomorrow, Transportation, transportation infrastructure act of 2019

[ad_1] The bill includes $3 billion to support projects that lower highway-related carbon emissions, and states could be given greater flexibility if they meet emissions planning requirements. States can compete for $500 million in additional funding by making progress on reducing per capita emissions, and they can compete for $1 billion to build hydrogen, natural […]