Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say

Given the increasing prominence of 'anchor dragging' and other such alleged sabotage incidents in recent years, I can only imagine that a very great deal of geopolitical-related planning is involved.

And indeed, looking at the 'sources say' map in the article, the planned route has a decided southward leaning, in what I assume may partly be an effort to steer a wide berth around most hotspots. (Or perhaps I am reading too much in to it.)

TechCrunch has confirmed with sources close to the company that Meta plans to build a new, major, fiber-optic subsea cable extending around the world — a 40,000+ kilometer project that could total more than $10 billion of investment. Critically, Meta will be the sole owner and user of this subsea cable — a first for the company and thus representing a milestone for its infrastructure efforts.