DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The announcement that Google is going to invest US$500 million in a project in the Dominican Republic made headlines all across every newspaper and social platform in the country over the weekend. The announcement strengthened the country’s positioning as a connectivity bridge between North, Central and South America. The DR already has excellent air and maritime connections.

Abinader signed Decree 113-26 declaring digital infrastructure a national priority and streamlining permitting for subsea cable systems. The government’s pitch is geographic: the Dominican Republic sits at the junction of data flows between North, Central and South America, a natural routing point that has been underserved by existing infrastructure.

The new digital exchange hub and subsea cable ring in the Dominican Republic is Google’s first such facility outside the United States, first in...