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Meta's Longest Undersea Cable to Link Five Continents
Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai
|February 16, 2025
Meta, on Friday, confirmed that it is investing billions in building the world's longest undersea cable to connect five continents.
NEW DELHI: Called Project Waterworth, the 50,000 km long cable will connect India, US, Brazil, South Africa and other "key regions". This project was mentioned in the joint statement released by India and the US during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington on Thursday.
This story is from the February 16, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai.
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