Meta presented The Waterworth Project, an initiative aimed at building a 50,000 kilometer undersea cable that will offer internet connectivity on five continents. The company aims to strengthen control of its services and to guarantee the necessary infrastructure for the development of its products, in particular those in artificial intelligence.
Lodging cables support more than 95 percent of intercontinental internet traffic. “Waterworth Project will be a billions of dollars, multi-year investment to strengthen the scale and reliability of the world's digital highways by opening three new Oceanic corridors with the abundant, fast connectivity that is needed to do AI-innovation around the world Stimulate, “the company said in a message about the company. The project was first reported last fall by entrepreneur Sunil Tagare.
The interoceanic cable will be longer than the circumference of the earth, making it the longest in the world according to the company. It will have zoning points in India, the United States, Brazil, South Africa and other strategic locations. The company suggests that the construction of this network will offer considerable opportunities in the AI space, in particular on the Indian market.
“In India, where we have already seen considerable growth and investments in digital infrastructure, Waterworth will help to speed up this progress and support the ambitious plans of the country for its digital economy,” is the Post of the Compay.
Last week President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi issued a joint explanation about cooperation between the two countries. The document contains obligations on submarine technologies and states the Waterworth Project.
“To support the connectivity of Greater Indian Ocean, the leaders also welcomed the announcement of Meta of a millions, multi -year investment in a sub -sea cable project that will start working this year and ultimately stretch more than 50,000 km to connect five continents and the Strengthen global digital highways in the Indian Ocean region in the Indian Ocean region and beyond, “said the White House statement.
The new undersea network will use a cable architecture with 24 fiber pairs and routing that is designed to maximize deep water routering, up to 7,000 meters. Meta claims to have improved its funeral techniques in risky areas, such as shallow near-coastal waters, to reduce the risk of damage caused by Schipankers and other external factors.
The Meta ecosystem, which contains services such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, includes no less than 10 percent of fixed traffic and 22 percent of mobile traffic worldwide by some accounts. In the past decade, the company has developed more than 20 submarine cables in collaboration with various partners. Waterworth would be the first project that is fully owned by the company.
With this initiative, Meta will compete directly with Google, which has around 33 submarine cable routes, some of which are exclusively owned, according to the specialized company Telegeography. Other technology companies such as Amazon and Microsoft also invest in this sector, although they only have shared interests or acquire capacity on existing cables.
This story originally appeared Waded and Español And has been translated from Spanish.
