Meta will build the world’s most long underwater cable

Meta introduced himself Waterworth project, an initiative aimed at building 50,000 kilometers Underwater cable This will provide Internet Connecting five continents. The company strives to strengthen control over the management of its services and to guarantee the necessary infrastructure for the development of its products, especially those based on artificial intelligence.

Underwater cables support more than 95 percent of intercontinental internet traffic. “Project Waterworth will be a multi -billion, perennial investment to strengthen the scale and reliability of the world’s digital highways, opening three new ocean corridors with abundant, high -speed connectivity needed to focus the world,” said the company at A A Post About the endeavor. The project was the first reported Last fall by entrepreneur Sunil Targer.

The Intercean cable will be longer than the Earth’s circumference, which makes it the longest in the world, according to the company. It will have landing points in India, USA, Brazil, South Africa and other strategic places. The company suggests that the construction of this network will provide significant opportunities in the AI ​​space, especially on the Indian market.

“In India, where we have already seen significant growth and investment in digital infrastructure, Watervort will help to accelerate this progress and support the country’s ambitious plans for its digital economy,” the Compay publication said.

Last week President Donald Trump and India Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi published jointly statement on cooperation between the two countries. The document includes underwater engagements and mentions Project Waterworth.

“Supporting the bond of the largest Indian Ocean, the leaders also welcomed the announcement of Meta for Muliglio, a perennial investment in an underwater cable project that will start work this year and eventually extend over 50,000 km to connect five continents and to strengthen the global digital highways in the Indian Ocean and beyond, “said in a statement published by the white Home.

The new underwater network will use cable architecture with 24 pairs of fiber and routing designed to maximize the deep waters route, reaching up to 7000 meters. Meta Claims to improve its burial techniques in high -risk areas such as braids nearly coastwater, to Reduce the risk of damage from anchors for ships and other external factors.

Meta’s ecosystem that includes services like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, from some accounts It consists of 10 percent of fixed traffic and 22 percent of mobile traffic worldwide. Over the last decade, the company has developed more than 20 underwater cables in collaboration with different partners. Waterworth will be the first project to be entirely owned by the company.

With this initiative, META will compete directly with Google, which has about 33 underwater cable routes, some of them have an exceptional possession, according to the specialized company Teleogeria. Other technology companies such as Amazon and Microsoft also invest in this sector, although they have only shared interests or acquire the capacity of existing cables.

This story originally appeared on Cable Spanish and was translated from Spanish.