Facebook and Microsoft are building a giant technology under the sea
Facebook and Microsoft team up to lay a massive internet cable across the Atlantic!! A 4,100-mile cable capable of 160 terabits per second. T he companies deal with a tremendous amount of data every day, whether it's showing photos to Facebook's 1.6 billion users, or loading documents stored in Microsoft's cloud services. Instead of solely relying on telecom companies for bandwidth, they're taking matters into their own hands. Called MAREA, Spanish for "tide," the cable will offer speeds of up to 160 terabytes per second, making it the highest capacity cable running this route, according to the companies. It's not the first time consumer tech companies have branched out into infrastructure. Google has been busy building its Google Fiber business to bring broadband connections to U.S. cities. Facebook and Google are working on experimental tools like giant balloons and laser-equipped drones to bring internet to underserved locations.