Google Inc is considering an investment in a new cable across the Pacific Ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
The move comes as technology companies send an increasing amount of traffic across private networks, the report said.<\/p>\n
Google took a stake in a similar $300 million cable in 2010, according to the report. The Internet search company would use the new subsea cable to connect data centers in Oregon and Japan, the report said.<\/p>\n
Private networks are commonly used for home, office and businesses, as they provide security for vital information and cannot be accessed by devices outside the network.<\/p>\n
A public network is a type of network where anyone can access and or connect to other networks or the Internet through it.<\/p>\n
A lot of Google’s bandwidth is reserved for its private ‘B4’ network, which transmits emails, YouTube videos among other data, the report said. The network carries more traffic than the public-facing one the company uses to transmit search results to the Internet, the WSJ reported.<\/p>\n
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