Meta is building one of the world’s biggest undersea cable networks—it’s just one piece of a growing seafloor empire spanning 6 continents

Fortune•Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:44 AM•2 min read

Meta's Petal cable is the latest of more than 20 subsea projects the company has bet on as its AI push demands ever more data capacity.

Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/10/03/meta-building-undersea-cables-petal-us-france-mark-zuckerberg/)

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