Meta's new transoceanic undersea cable boasts a whopping petabit of bandwidth
- ID
- 27637
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 23 Sep 2026, 7:00 PM
- Fetched
- 23 Sep 2026, 7:43 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/metas-new-transoceanic-undersea-cable-boasts-a-whopping-petabit-of-bandwidth-petal-link-between-us-and-france-will-be-twice-as-fast-as-the-last
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 3.0
- Created
- 23 Sep 2026, 7:44 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_founders
What happened
Meta is building a new transoceanic undersea cable between the US and France with approximately one petabit of bandwidth, reportedly twice as fast as its predecessor. The article provides little technical detail beyond the headline capacity claim and route.
Why it matters
This is a US-France infrastructure announcement with no direct SEA or Malaysia impact. Builders in this audience are unlikely to change any decision based on it unless they are provisioning transatlantic capacity or analyzing Meta's infrastructure spending trajectory.
Discussion angle
Brief mention only: what Meta's continued private infrastructure buildout signals about hyperscaler bandwidth demand, and whether similar private cable investment will ever target SEA routes relevant to regional builders.