Meta accounts for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic and that stands to grow with its increased investment in AI. nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqnm0yhmfzsafedypm7ya8lkhskhhmerf05x5u3pw66fycy5z672gs8kt9hl reports that this has led to the company planning its own subsea cable extending round the world — a 40,000km project that could cost more than $10 billion. It could be years before it becomes fully operational thanks to the limited number of companies that can build the infrastructure. “There’s a real tight supply on cable ships,” said Ranulf Scarborough, a submarine cable industry analyst. “They’re expensive at the minute and booked out several years ahead. Finding the available resources to do it soon is a challenge.”
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