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Meta announces Petal, a petabit subsea cable landing in France with Orange

Meta unveiled Petal, a 7,000 km petabit-class subsea cable to link the United States and France by 2029, built with NEC and Sumitomo Electric, with Orange handling the Atlantic coast landing and European network connection.

Verified AI-drafted Meta, "Announcing Petal, a First-of-its-Kind Transoceanic Subsea Cable", 21 September 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish who will own or control capacity on the cable, or that Orange gains any stake in it.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Announced Meta-owned transatlantic cable; Orange's landing role, ownership/control unestablished. 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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