Meta confirms ‘Project Waterworth,’ a global subsea cable project spanning 50,000 kilometers

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/14/meta-confirms-project-waterworth-a-global-subsea-cable-project-spanning-50000km/

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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 87 pts · 1y (1 reply)

These companies are way too big and powerful

SamboT@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y

Our government should be doing stuff like this for everybody. These are the taxes i want to pay

Maybe it will end up under different ownership through time. Meta has a lot of cash though... probably not going anywhere.

fubo@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y (2 replies)

First step: Find a country with a navy competent to defend your undersea cables.

lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Was thinking how Putin will get a new target. 🧨

Cyber@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y

There are already multiple cases of Russian trawlers breaking cables¸ gas pipelines, etc.

sbv@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Are these cables just for use by Meta properties, or will they sell access to other orgs?

Apparently Google (or maybe Alphabet?) also has a bunch of undersea cables. It looks like those are for just by Google Cloud customers (and presumably) Google itself.

SamboT@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Article speculates ai data center use for meta.

Maybe also helps their vr too for better connection in the metaverse

Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 3 pts · 1y

don't face imperialism from blue lizard aliens. get rid of cable and upgrade to di-

njordomir@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I've never had a reason to hope for a localized undersea earthquake before...