https://subseacables.blogspot.com/2024/10/breaking-story-facebook-building-subsea.html
October 17, 2024
Several sources have whispered in my ear that META is planning a new 16
fibre pair cable that will encompass the world going from the US East
Coast to the US West Coast via the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the
Pacific. The most ambitious subsea project ever undertaken. I do not
know the exact routing. I know that the cable will launch from the
American East Coast and will go down the West African Coast to South
Africa and then head straight to Mumbai. It is not clear if Europe will
be online or not. From Mumbai it will indubitably go to Singapore with
possible branches to Australia and Japan. Clearly one branch will make a
direct line to the Californian coast.
This semi-secret cable reflects META's desire for network resiliency
given the four month Red Sea down time that AAE-1 and other subsea work
horses suffered during the first half of 2024. It appears willing to
suffer a latency penalty to avoid the Red Sea as well as Egypt's
expensive digital toll roads.
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