(Telecompaper) Google has announced plans to commission three new undersea cables and add five regions to its cloud network in a bid to further expand its infrastructure and provide faster and more reliable connectivity for internet users. The company revealed in a blog post that the Netherlands and Montreal cloud regions will open in the first quarter of 2018, followed by Los Angeles, Finland and Hong Kong. It will then team up with TE SubCom, NEC Corp and RTI-C in 2019 to roll out submarine cables connecting Chile to Los Angeles, Denmark and Ireland to the US, and Hong Kong to Guam.