The social media giant says the multi-billion dollar project will connect the United States, India, Brazil, South Africa and other regions.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing artificial intelligence.

The company says the multi-billion dollar investment is needed to strengthen the reliability of the global internet and support AI innovation.

After being rumored to be in the early stages of the project last year, Meta confirmed today that it's building "Project Waterworth," an over 50,00 km subsea cable that will connect five continents. The company has partnered on other cable projects previously,

Meta’s latest undersea cable projects expands digital infrastructure, enhancing global data transfer speeds and supporting the growing demand for AI-driven applications.