Feb. 18 (UPI) --Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, confirmed plans Monday to build the world's longest subsea cable that will circle the Earth and connect five continents.

Over the weekend, Facebook owner Meta ... smaller subsea cables will typically only have 8 to 16 fiber pairs. “As AI continues to transform industries and societies around the world, it ...

Meta, the company that owns the popular ... km (longer than the Earth’s circumference), making it the world’s longest subsea cable project using the highest-capacity technology available ...

Spanning over 50,000 kilometers, Project Waterworth aims to link five major continents ... Earth's circumference), making it the world's longest subsea cable project using the highest-capacity ...

Meta has announced ... Sub-sea cables are crucial for powering digital services and transferring data globally at high speeds. Over 95% of the world’s internet traffic relies on them.

Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms said it’s working on the world’s longest undersea cable ... internet traffic travels through subsea cables, making them the backbone of the internet ...

and open opportunities for technological development in these regions,” Meta said. The cable will be the longest to date using a 24-fiber pair system, resulting in higher capacity. Subsea cables ...

Meta has unveiled plans to spend billions of dollars as part of its multi-year ambition to build the world's longest subsea cable and accelerate AI innovation. In a blog post on Friday ...

Meta’s longest subsea cable network will ... Once completed, it will be the world's longest subsea cable project and will use the highest-capacity technology available to enhance global ...

Meta is planning to build the world's longest undersea cable ... around the world," wrote Meta on its engineering blog. Subsea cables are described as the "backbone of the internet" by the ...