Meta is reportedly planning to build a world-spanning fiber-optic subsea cable for its own exclusive use. According to TechCrunch, the $10 billion project will create a new 40,000+ kilometer ...

The Grace Hopper cable will run between the US, the UK and Spain, making it Google's first investment in a subsea cable route directly to Spain. Written by Stephanie Condon, Senior Writer July 28 ...

The expectation is that Meta will talk more publicly about it in early 2025, when it will confirm plans for the cable, including intended route, capacity, and some of the reasoning behind building it.

The cables will be buried 4 to 6 feet deep for the entire route, Equinor has said. This week, Equinor released a map of the proposed route for its latest project, known as Beacon Wind.

Telstra has announced four new projects for improving its subsea cable system in Asia, including a Taiwan-Hong Kong fibre route and a fibre ring in South Korea.

This will give international businesses and wholesale providers a secure, diverse trans-Atlantic network option connecting to the Lumen global 450,000 route fiber mile network.

An underground cable route is set to be laid for a 49.9MW solar farm near Chippenham. Plans were approved for the Forest Gate Solar Farm in 2023, due to be located on land off the A4 at Pewsham.