Meta plans to build world's longest underwater sub-sea cable venture

Meta has announced plans to build the world’s longest underwater cable project, which aims to connect the US, India, South Africa, Brazil and other regions.The tech company said Project Waterworth involves a 50,000km (31,000 mile) sub-sea cable, which is longer than the Earth’s circumference.The cable would be the longest to date that uses a 24 fibre-pair system, giving it a higher capacity, and would help support its AI projects, according to Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.Meta said in a ...