Telecommunication
The project seeks to create the world’s first petabit‑scale submarine cable as artificial intelligence drives demand.
NEC will design and build Meta Platforms’ Petal undersea cable, the project shown in the accompanying photograph.
In Tokyo, Japanese technology firm NEC is joining Meta Platforms, the operator of Facebook and Instagram, to construct a submarine fiber‑optic cable linking the United States and France.
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