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EXA Infrastructure contracts Xtera to build EXA Meridian cable to UK

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.

Verified AI-drafted EXA Infrastructure press release, 16 September 2026

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

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

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