Meta builds the longest underwater cable in the world

• Meta provides a world-class Underwater cable project of several billion dollars extending over 31,000 miles.
• The project will increase data transmission and connect the United States to India, Brazil and South Africa.
• Meta says it aims to improve global connectivity and support innovation in artificial intelligence.

Meta has unveiled plans to spend billions of dollars as part of its multi-year ambition to build the longest underwater cable in the world and accelerate AI innovation.

Friday, in a blog post, the company said that its new waterworth project will cover more than 50,000 kilometers, or about 31,000 miles, making the project cable longer than the circumference of 24,901 miles of the earth.

The Waterworth project aims to connect five continents, connecting the United States to India, Brazil, South Africa and other key regions.

Meta did not specify the exact cost and the schedule of the project, but he said that it would be an “investment of several billion dollars” to improve global connectivity. Last November, Techcrunch announced that the company could spend more than $ 10 billion for a submarine cable project of nearly 25,000 miles led by the Southern Meta Bureau that the Company would relax at 100 %.

Submarine cables are an integral part of the global internet infrastructure, commuting data from around the world near the speed of light thanks to their fiber optic technology. In her blog, Meta noted that cables covering the world’s oceans represent the transfer of “more than 95% of intercontinental traffic”.

Meta considers underwater cables as essential to unlock the future IA innovation as CEO Mark Zuckerberg is increasingly moving the company’s objective to a generative AI.

Last month, the company announced its intention to strengthen its expenses up to 65 billion dollars this year while it seeks to build large data centers capable of forming and hosting the language models more and more powerful in the heart of the arrow generating AI.

According to Meta’s blog post, the Waterworth project aims to speed up data transmission capacity using an optical fiber cable containing 24 pairs of fiber instead of typical systems that use 8 to 16 pairs of fibers.

He indicated that the characteristics of the project include a first routing of the genus to optimize the cable installed in deep water at depths up to 7 kilometers, or about 4.3 miles. He also said that he would use “improved burial techniques” in shallow and high -risk areas to protect himself against damage to ships and potential dangers, which would maintain cable resilience.

“While AI continues to transform industries and societies around the world, it is clear that capacity, resilience and world scope are more important than ever to support the leading infrastructure,” he declared.

The announcement of the project comes after oiliers who dragged their anchors have broken the underwater cables in recent months in the Baltic Sea and the East China Sea.

European officials accused Russia sabotage of underwater cables, while Taiwan said she suspected China is behind the damage of its northern banks.

Cable resilience is the key to the global financial system, which depends on a large network of underwater cables that crisscross the sea background, transport transactions of 10 billions of dollars every day and trading and global communications from Power Wall Street.

“We have led infrastructure innovation with various partners in the last decade, developing more than 20 underwater cables,” said Meta’s blog post.

“With Project Waterworth, we can help make sure that the advantages of AI and other emerging technologies are available for everyone, no matter where they live or work.”

Meta did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Business Insider.