Feb. 18 (UPI) --Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, confirmed plans Monday to build the world's longest subsea cable that will circle the Earth and connect five continents.

Meta's Project Waterworth will stretch over 50,000 kilometers long, connecting the U.S. with India, Brazil, and South Africa.

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing artificial intelligence. The cable will ...

The cable will run for more than 31,000 miles between the U.S., South Africa, India, Brazil and "other regions," Meta wrote in a blog on Friday. Global digital communication relies on a vast network ...

Digital giants like Meta have recently muscled in to the world of subsea cables - Copyright AFP/File ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS Digital giants like Meta have recently ...