The huge company led by Mark Zuckerberg issued a statement in a blog note announcing the “Waterworth Project”. Meta seeks to optimize their global communications, especially in the United States, India, Brazil and South Africa.
Goal, The giant social technology company founded by Mark Zuckerberghe announced through a blog note that they will develop a Submarine cable of more than 50,000 kilometerswith the aim of strengthening the capacity and reliability of the Digital data transport.
Publicly known as “Waterworth Project“It’s about Submarine cable project most ambitious of the company to date, with the projection of providing “a First level connectivity“To the United States, India, Brazil, South Africa and” other regions, “Meta specified.
The company of Zuckerberg He affirmed that the project represents a “multiannual investment of several billions of dollars “, which adds to its previous developments of infrastructure in order to optimize global communication.
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The goal bet towards the development of own infrastructure
The Submarine cables They are characterized by being critical infrastructure, and represent almost all world digital communications. Currently, approximately 450 pipes installed in the world extend over “1.2 million kilometers“, According to a report by the American reflection group Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), published in August 2024.
They are today four Companies that are distributed almost the entire market: the American Subcom, The French Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), the Japanese Nippon Electric Company (NEC) and China HMN Technologies. In that context, technological giants such as Goal They decided to implement the development of their own infrastructure to the enormous economic challenge that these cables represent.
Product of rapid development of artificial intelligence and of the models of Generativeparticularly demanding in terms of resources and capacities, the World Digital Traffic Continue increasing in the coming years. “At some point, when your growth is huge and your demand volumes exceed those of other competitors, it is beneficial to invest on your own and eliminate the intermediary,” he said Alan MauldinResearch Director of the company specialized in Telegeography data.
The new cable “Waterworth Project“It will be the third Goal Install as the only owner, according to Telegeography records, far behind Google that has 16. The first finish cable known as “Anjana”, connect to United States with Spainand it is planned to enter into operation earlier this year.
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