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Facebook parent company Meta plans to build its own sub-sea cable — the source says the company plans to “avoid areas of geopolitical tension”


Recent incidents of undersea cable damage may have pushed Zuckerberg to build his intercontinental connections.

Meta is planning to build a 40,000-kilometer fiber-optic subsea cable to span the entire length of the globe. However, TechCrunch says that the biggest thing about this planned undersea cable is that Meta will be its sole owner and user. This means that the tech giant will guarantee global connectivity for its services, ensuring that its traffic will always be a priority in its subsea cable.

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