02/20/2025

Meta Will Build the World’s Longest Undersea Cable

Its Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents

Meta has presented the Waterworth Project, an initiative aimed at building a 50,000-kilometer undersea cable that will provide internet connectivity in five continents. The company seeks to strengthen control over the management of its services and guarantee the necessary infrastructure for the development of its products, especially those based in artificial intelligence.

Submarine cables support more than 95 percent of intercontinental internet traffic. "Project Waterworth will be a multibillion dollar, multiyear investment to strengthen the scale and reliability of the world’s digital highways by opening three new oceanic corridors with the abundant, high-speed connectivity needed to drive AI innovation around the world," the company said in a post about the undertaking. The project was first reported last autumn by entrepreneur Sunil Tagare.

The interoceanic cable will be longer than the circumference of Earth, making it the longest in the world, according to the company. It will have landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, Africa and other strategic locations. The company suggests that the construction of this network will bring significant opportunities in the AI space, particularly in the Indian market.

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