Zayo completes deployment of three U.S. dark fiber long-haul routes
Zayo Group Holdings Inc. says it is completing three new U.S. dark fiber long-haul routes. The routes, which feature all-underground construction, run from Atlanta to Dallas, Denver to Salt Lake City, and Eugene to Reedsport, OR. The company also provided updates on additional routes in various phases of deployment.
The 822-mile route between Atlanta to Dallas connects in the Douglas County "Data Hill" area near Atlanta, which Zayo says has seen more than $3 billion in investment since 2015. The route is completely diverse to existing routes and is the shortest, most direct route available, Zayo asserts. The company also touts the fiber network’s low latency.
The route connecting Denver to Salt Lake City runs 532 miles. It follows I-70 through Colorado and takes a turn at U.S. Route 191 towards Salt Lake City. In addition to offering what Zayo says is the most direct option between the two cities, the new route also provides the final link in a larger fiber network chain between New York City and San Francisco.
The new Oregon route extends 88 miles from Zayo's Eugene metro network through Florence and Reedsport. It is designed to offer an option for the backhaul of data entering the state through cable landing stations to Zayo's North American network.
"These new routes underscore Zayo's commitment to expanding our network infrastructure to meet our customers' evolving demands," said Brian Lillie, chief product and technology officer for Zayo. "Additionally, with the increase in cloud adoption and the rise of the Network(ed) Edge, we are creating new endpoints of significance for enterprises, carriers, and smart cities everywhere. As a result of these trends, Zayo will continue to invest and innovate in high-capacity, low-latency connectivity between these endpoints, ensuring our customers have the optimal bandwidth that takes them anywhere they need to be."
Meanwhile, Zayo provided updates on several other long-haul route deployment projects. The following are expected to be online by the end of this year:
- Columbus, OH to Ashburn, VA
- Cleveland to Columbus
- St. Louis to Indianapolis.
Another pair of routes, one Columbus to Pittsburgh and the other from Umatilla, OR, to Reno, NV, are planned for deployment in the first half of 2022.
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