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Facebook And Microsoft Team Up On Undersea Internet Cable

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The Visitor's Center at Microsoft Headquarters campus is pictured July 17, 2014 in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft was one of the first companies to implement an internal carbon fee to reduce emissions. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
The Visitor's Center at Microsoft Headquarters campus is pictured July 17, 2014 in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft was one of the first companies to implement an internal carbon fee to reduce emissions. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

Facebook and Microsoft announced Thursday that they will work together on a project to build a new 4,000 mile-long cable under the Atlantic. It's one of many high-capacity cables being built by tech companies, and shows an increasing involvement from Silicon Valley in the internet's infrastructure.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti hears more about the project from Michael Regan of Bloomberg Gadfly.

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This segment aired on May 27, 2016.

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