Back in November, we broke the news that Meta — owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with billions of users accounting for 10% of all fixed and 22%

Meta has announced plans to lay over 50,000 kilometers (31,069 miles) of subsea cables spanning five continents, the world's longest project of its kind, dubbing the effort “Project Waterworth”. “Project Waterworth will bring industry-leading connectivity to the U.

In a groundbreaking move, Meta has announced the launch of Project Waterworth, an initiative to lay the world's longest subsea internet cable. The project, which will span over 50,000km, will improve connectivity across several regions including India, Brazil, South Africa and the US.

Social media major Meta on Saturday tagged India as one of its largest markets to be connected with the company's world's longest undersea cable "Project Waterworth" which is expected to be operational by the end of this decade.

The project will be a multi-billion dollar, multi-year investment to strengthen the scale and reliability of the world’s digital highways.

Meta is planning a 50,000 kilometer submarine cable network with the "Waterworth" project. South Africa, India and Australia are to be connected from the USA.

Subsea cable projects are the backbone of global digital infrastructure, accounting for more than 95 per cent of intercontinental traffic.

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,

Called Project Waterworth, the 50,000 km long cable will connect India, US, Brazil, South Africa and other “key regions”