Meta to Build World's Longest Undersea Cable

- Meta's Waterworth Project will build a 50,000-kilometer undersea cable
- The cable will provide internet connectivity on five continents
- Landing points will be in India, the US, Brazil, and South Africa
- The project will strengthen Meta's control over its services and infrastructure
- The cable will be longer than the circumference of Earth
- The project will bring significant opportunities in the AI space, particularly in India
Meta's Waterworth Project aims to strengthen control over the management of its services and guarantee the necessary infrastructure for the development of its products, especially those based on artificial intelligence. The project 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 high-speed connectivity. The interoceanic cable will be longer than the circumference of Earth, making it the longest in the world. It will have landing points in India, the US, Brazil, South 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. The new undersea network will use a cable architecture with 24 fiber pairs and routing designed to maximize deep-water routing, reaching up to 7,000 meters. Meta claims to have improved its burial techniques in high-risk areas to reduce the risk of damage from ship anchors and other external factors.