Project Waterworth Latest News
Recently, Meta announced its most ambitious subsea cable endeavour ever – Project Waterworth.
About Project Waterworth
- It stretches over 50,000 km long cable which connects India, US, Brazil, South Africa and other “key regions”.
- Its cable will reach depths of up to 7,000 meters in deep waters.
- The project is using AI to enhance subsea cable infrastructure to improve global connectivity.
- It focuses on enhancing cable deployment and maintenance, ensuring reliable and efficient internet access worldwide.
- It uses enhanced burial techniques in high-risk fault areas, such as shallow waters near the coast, to avoid damage from ship anchors and other hazards.
What will Project Waterworth Do?
- Project Waterworth, by leveraging advanced machine learning models, aims to predict and mitigate potential disruptions, enhancing the resilience of subsea networks.
- The initiative will bring industry-leading connectivity to the US, India, Brazil, South Africa, and other key regions.
- This will facilitate greater economic cooperation, digital inclusion, and open opportunities for technological development in the said regions.
- It would provide “industry-leading connectivity” to five major continents and help support its AI projects.
Project Waterworth FAQs
Q1: What is Artificial intelligence?
Ans: It is a field of science concerned with building computers and machines that can reason, learn, and act in such a way that would normally require human intelligence or that involves data whose scale exceeds what humans can analyze
Q2: What is meant by digital inclusion?
Ans: Itis defined as “equitable, meaningful, and safe access to use, lead, and design of digital technologies, services, and associated opportunities for everyone, everywhere”.
Source: IE
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