Facebook Meta has announced plans to build a 50,000 kilometer Sub Sea cable worldwide despite the increasing concerns about foreign electronic attacks.
Project Waterworth will be the tallest underwater cable project in the world, linking the United States, India, South Africa and Brazil.
Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, said that the 31,000 miles cable project will provide a “pioneering connection in the industry” with five main continents and helps in supporting artificial intelligence projects (AI).
More than 95 percent of the Internet traffic in the world is transported through the surface cables, and there are at least 600 underlined cable systems known all over the world.
However, a series of cut cables has prompted experts to warn against the threat of foreign attacks.
NATO launched a task in January to increase the surveillance of ships in the Baltic Sea after damage to cables last year.
A parliamentary committee in the United Kingdom issued an invitation to obtain evidence about the flexibility of the United Kingdom in the face of turmoil and pointed to the increasing concern about “Russian and Chinese capabilities of the undergraduate infrastructure at risk.”
Meta said in the blog publication that he would put its cable system up to 7000 meters deep, and uses reinforced burial techniques in high -risk rift areas, such as shallow water near the coast, to avoid damage caused by ships and other risks. “
Facebook Meta has announced plans to build a 50,000 kilometer Sub Sea cable worldwide despite the increasing concerns about foreign electronic attacks (photo album)
Project Waterworth will be the tallest underwater cable project in the world, linking the United States, India, South Africa and Brazil (photo album)
The publication added: ‘Project Waterworth will bring a pioneering connection to the industry with the United States, India, Brazil, South Africa and other major regions.
This project will enable greater economic cooperation, easy to include digital and open opportunities for technological development in these areas.
“For example, in India, where we have already seen significant growth and investment in digital infrastructure, Waterworth will help accelerate this progress and support the country’s ambitious plans for its digital economy.”
We have pushed the infrastructure with many partners over the past decade, where we have placed more than 20 cables under the sea.
“This includes multiple publication of the leading cables under the surface of the industry, from 24 pairs of fiber-compared to model pairs of 8 to 16 of the other new systems.”
This comes after Donald Trump imposed sanctions on a Russian company claiming that “underwater potential” for Moscow, with the aim of monitoring an underwater network.
Meanwhile, in July, large parts of Tonga were left in the dark after the surface of the Internet cable that connects the island network to damage to the disruption of local companies.