Meta Unveils $10 Billion Plan for World's Longest Undersea Cable

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Meta Will Build the World's Longest Undersea Cable

Meta's Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa.

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Thousands of kilometres of submarine cable to "release the global potential of artificial intelligence": with its new project, the American giant Meta intends to strengthen its independence by relying on an infrastructure as essential as it is sensitive.

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Can Meta build an undersea cable spanning the entire world?

Meta says its new underwater cable project is longer than the Earth's circumference — and one expert says it's "very feasible".

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Meta says it plans to build the world's longest undersea internet cable

The social media giant says the multibillion-dollar project will connect the United States, India, Brazil, South Africa and other regions.

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Meta to Link US and India With World’s Longest Undersea Cable

Christopher Farmer, assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) Two, installing steel armor around seafloor cable in 100 feet of water at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands. Credit: U.S. Pacific Fleet – CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr. Meta has announced its plans to link the US, India, South Africa, and Brazil by building the world’s longest undersea cable. The project could expand to include more regions in the future, as an official …

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Meta’s 50,000 KM subsea cable to connect the world like never before—Here’s what it means

Meta's Project Waterworth, the world's longest subsea cable at 50,000 km, aims to boost internet capacity, AI development, and digital infrastructure across India, the US, Brazil, and South Africa.