Google has become the first foreign company to go live with a data server in Cuba. The launch should improve the speed and reliability of Google services within the country, though they won’t do anything about the extremely limited access Cubans have to the internet.

Dyn Research spotted the launch on Wednesday, writing that Google’s first server had gone live within the last 24 hours. “It is a milestone as this is the first time an outside internet company has hosted anything in Cuba,” wrote Doug Madory, the company’s director, according to the Miami Herald.

Google announced plans to launch in Cuba back December, after signing a deal with ETECSA, the state-run…

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