Supply chain / Subsea cables
Meta Project Waterworth
A cable project announced by Meta in February 2025 to connect the US, India, Brazil, South Africa and other regions over a route of more than 50,000 km. Announced, not in service.
- Type
- Programme
- Where it sits
- A proposed new set of ocean routes with unusually many fibre pairs, framed by Meta around supporting AI infrastructure.
- Constraint
- Meta describes it as a multi-year build under development and gives no service date.
- Maturity
- Proposed
What we checked
- Meta says the system will be over 50,000 km long and reach five continents. (source)
- The design uses 24 fibre pairs, compared with 8 to 16 in comparable systems according to Meta. (source)
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