Meta partners with NEC, Sumitomo Electric, and Orange to build the Petal subsea cable.
- Meta collaborates with NEC and Sumitomo Electric to build Petal subsea cable.
- Meta also partners with Orange to land Petal on the French Atlantic coast.
- Petal will connect the United States and France, spanning 7,000 kilometers (over 4,300 miles).
- The cable is expected to be deployed with peta-bit capacity and become operational in 2029.