Meta Plans Petal, the First Transoceanic Subsea Cable at Petabit Capacity
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Meta Announces Petal: 6,500km Subsea Cable Linking US and France by 2026
Meta has announced plans to construct a new subsea cable system named Petal that will directly link the United States and France while providing onward connectivity across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The project represents a significant expansion of the company’s global network infrastructure at a time when demand for transatlantic bandwidth continues to grow rapidly. The cable, revealed through filings with French regulatory authoritie…
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ComputerworldMeta floats project to lay first petabit submarine fiberoptic cable
The 7,000 km (4,350 mile) cable, called Petal, will connect the US and France. Meta is partnering with NEC and Sumitomo Electric Industries to build it, and working with French telecommunications company Orange to coordinate the landing of the cable on the French coast. Petal will have more than double the capacity of today’s fastest transoceanic cables. Last November, AWS laid plans for a 320 Tbit/s cable between the US and Ireland, while a cab…
Meta builds the Petal submarine cable between France and the United States, with 1 Pbps and estimated entry into service for 2029.
The hunger for the internet is growing and Meta wants to further strengthen its bond with Europe. That's why the new Petal submarine cable, on which the social leader is collaborating with NEC and Sumitomo Electric Industries, will cross the Atlantic Ocean by 2029. And as the name suggests, it will be the first petabit data ...
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