Longest undersea cable
The current longest undersea cable record is 27,962 miles, held by 2Africa consortium (Meta and partners), set on May 1, 2022. Last checked October 14, 2026.
27,962
miles
2Africa consortium (Meta and partners)
- Holder
- 2Africa consortium (Meta and partners)
- Record
- 27,962 miles
- Metric
- 45,000 km
- Location
- Africa, Europe and Asia
- Date set
- May 1, 2022
- Last checked
- October 14, 2026
Sources
- datacenterdynamics.com Worlds longest subsea cable lands in djibouti east africa
- mtn.com 2africa now the longest subsea cable in the world
- 2africacable.net Read the source
- ahram.org.eg Telecom Egypt completes landing of Africa, world;s
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