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Connecting Africa and the World We’re excited to share the completion of the core 2Africa infrastructure, the world’s longest open access subsea cable system. 2Africa is a landmark subsea cable system that sets a new standard for global connectivity. This project is the result of years of collaboration, innovation, and a shared vision to connect [...] Read More... The post…
We’re introducing Candle, a new submarine cable connecting countries across East Asia and Southeast Asia. We’re also announcing several updates to our subsea cables across the Asia-Pacific, including the completion of the Bifrost cable system. The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is home to over 58% of the world’s internet users1 – many who rely on robust [...] Read More... The post…
Meta is partnering with V.tal to extend the Malbec subsea cable to Porto Alegre, Brazil by 2027. With this new extension, Malbec will become the first subsea cable to land in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, bringing more connectivity to millions of people in Southern Brazil and neighboring countries. Malbec will improve the [...] Read More... The post…
Meta develops infrastructure all across the globe to transport information and content for the billions of people using our services around the world. At the core of this infrastructure are aggregation points – like data centers – and the digital cables that connect them. Subsea cables – the unseen digital highways of the internet – [...] Read More... The post…
Today, we’re announcing our most ambitious subsea cable endeavor yet: Project Waterworth. Once complete, the project will reach five major continents and span over 50,000 km (longer than the Earth’s circumference), making it the world’s longest subsea cable project using the highest-capacity technology available. Project Waterworth will bring industry-leading connectivity to the U.S., India, Brazil, [...] Read More... The post…
Today’s rapidly evolving landscape of use cases that demand highly performant and efficient network infrastructure is placing new emphasis on how in-line amplifiers (ILAs) are designed and deployed. Meta’s ILA Evo effort seeks to reimagine how an ILA site could be deployed to improve speed and cost while making a step function improvement in power [...] Read More... The post…
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