With an estimated investment of more than 500 million dollars, Google will build its first digital port in Latin America and eighth worldwide.
It is a infrastructure that will expand the country’s international connectivity capacity and integrate it into the global strategic network of the technology giant’s data exchange.
He advertisement was held yesterday at the National Palace by the president Luis Abinaderthe Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza, and the vice president of Global Network Infrastructure of Google, Brian Quigleyalong with other senior executives of the company.
The installation will have an extension greater than 7,000 square meters and its construction is scheduled to begin in March, according to Abinader, and it will enter into operation next year.
“This port will be a great step to increase the connectivity and digital resilience of the DR”Vice President of Google Global Network Infrastructure
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According to the authorities, the project is part of a strategy to strengthen the infrastructure digital of the country and consolidate its position as a point of regional connection between North America, Central America and South America.
“A digital exchange port will place the Dominican Republic at the center of information exchange between North, Central and South America, and will facilitate the country’s ability to create innovation in artificial intelligence“said Abinader.
Technical scope
He digital port will have the capacity to house up to four new submarine cables international. In the first phase, two cables will be installed that will connect directly to the continental territory of the USA.
Currently, the Dominican Republic has single wire directly towards that market, and it is already losing useful life. With the new infrastructurethe country will have three direct connections, which will triple that capacity. Furthermore, the number of fiber pairs that link directly to the USA It will be multiplied by 10, which will allow greater volume of data transmission and reduction in latency levels.
The project will also offer low latency connectivity to two regions of Google Cloud located in South Carolina and Florida, where advanced transportation services operate. artificial intelligence and data processing.
Specialists in infrastructure digital point out that this type of installation not only improves the speed and stability of the Internet, but can also influence the attraction of data centers, technology companies and digital service operations that require high transmission capacity.
Regulation and environment
In the context of advertisementthe president signed the decree 113-26which declares high national priority the construction and establishment of digital exchange ports in the country. The provision contemplates the installation, deployment and operation of security systems submarine cables as part of a policy aimed at strengthening the infrastructure technological.
The Minister of the Environment, Paino Henriquezindicated that the institution will carry out the corresponding environmental impact studies, given that the project involves the deployment of submarine cables and works of infrastructure associated.
Economic projection
In turn, the vice president of Google, Brian Quigleyexplained that the initiative seeks to develop the infrastructure necessary basis for the DR to consolidate as strategic point in regional digital exchange.
For its part, Christian Ramosdirector of Global Infrastructure of the company, pointed out that in countries where similar projects have been implemented, a economic impact positive, with increases of more than 1.5% of the gross domestic product.
In the last decade, digital infrastructure has become a determining factor for the competitiveness of economies. Underwater cables transport more than 95% of international data traffic, and their strategic location can influence the attraction of technological investment and integration into global digital services chains.
As of February 19, 2026, the Google Cloud network has 43 regions, 130 zones and more than 200 network edge locations, supported by millions of kilometers of fiber optics around the world. The inclusion of the Dominican Republic in that network places the country within a global infrastructure that connects key markets in America, Europe and Asia.
A recent example is the Nuvem project in Bermuda, where Google is developing a transatlantic cable that will connect the United States with Portugal, in a move aimed at strengthening strategic data corridors in the Atlantic. With this investment, the Dominican Republic joins this global scheme of digital infrastructure, in a context in which connectivity, artificial intelligence and the data economy acquire a growing weight in the economic development and technological security of the States.
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