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# EXA Infrastructure contracts Xtera to build EXA Meridian cable to UK
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-16-exa-infrastructure-meridian-transatlantic-cable/
- Published: 2026-09-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:56:26.000Z
- Description: EXA Infrastructure reached Contract in Force with Xtera to build EXA Meridian, a 6,552 km, over 500 Tbps transatlantic cable linking New Jersey to a new landing station at Brean, UK, targeting service by 2029.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [EXA Infrastructure press release, 16 September 2026](https://exainfra.net/media-centre/press-releases/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that anchor customer contracts or the UK landing station itself are complete.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Contract signed for future cable; ownership/law unstated, landing station not built. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)