Project Waterworth

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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