Tuesday Bytes: FCC, DC BLOX, Nokia, Archtop, Comcast

A regulatory shift, some data center funding, a DWDM vendor win, and some state-funded last mile funding:

The FCC is looking to make it easier to build subsea cables under US waters. The agency has overhauled the rules and processes that prospective cable builders must navigate. The speculation is that the move might make it easier for non-hyperscalers to build new systems, arguing that the depth of one’s pockets should be less important. But another change could be the presumption of denial for applications from entities linked to ‘foreign adversaries’, which in today’s world could mean just about anything.

DC BLOX has lined up a $1.15B green loan. The company plans to use the funds to build a data center campus in Douglas County, Georgia. The location in Atlanta’s western suburbs will support a 120MW data center with another 80MW possible over time. DC BLOX has an existing data center in Douglasville as well as one to Atlanta’s east in Conyers, and is investing in multiple new locations across the southeastern US.

Nokia has picked up a transport win in Mexico for its Flex-Grid DWDM technology and 1830 PSS optical backbone solution. The Mexican provider MX Fiber will have seven new routes across southeastern Mexico, connecting Chiapas, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, and soon Campeche and Veracruz. The upgrades will enable up to 400G and 800G across a populous but underserved region.

And Massachusetts has awarded a total of $31.5M in grants to four service providers to bring internet access to public housing residents across the state. Aervivo will receive $10.5M to hook up 6,402 units, Archtop Fiber will get $482K to connect 164, Comcast Cable will have $12.9M for 5,179, and CBN Geneva the remaining $7.6M for 1,514 units. The funding will come from the stat’es Residential Retrofit program and will support fiber, customer equipment, and Wi-Fi services.

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Categories: Datacenter · Federal contracts · FTTH · Government Regulations