Network Bytes: Zayo, Lightpath, Fidium, Verizon Business, Megaport

Two expansions, an upgrade, a neutral host network, and an interesting M&A move:

Zayo has officially crossed the US-Mexico border with its own infrastructure for the first time. They have deployed their first owned 400G PoP in the city of Monterrey. Mexico has been a growing bandwidth and data center market in recent years, and Zayo is looking to extend its reach to meet that demand. This move only makes sense if more such PoPs and other infrastructure are on the way, reaching down to the data center hub at Querétaro.

Lightpath has unveiled a significant expansion project within its home turf — the NYC metro area. They will be adding 100 route miles of new fiber touching Long Island, southern Connecticut, northern New Jersey, and Westchester County. The project leverages routes built for others over the past 3 years, now addressing the needs of an unnamed major US wireless provider. Lightpath has thousands of on-net buildings across the region, and is adding infrastructure in support of future AI demand as well.

Fidium has tapped Ciena for the gear to upgrade its network down in Texas. They will be deploying a range of Ciena’s optical technology on their DASH triangle assets in response to demand for bandwidth from across the spectrum – enterprise, carrier, wholesale, FTTX, and DCI. The upgrade will enable multiple wavelengths of up to 400G, connecting some 65 data centers across the state.

Verizon Business recently announced that it has built out a neutral host network for KPMG. The 5G infrastructure powers connectivity at KPMG’s headquarters at Two Manhattan West in New York City. The audit firm moved into the building this year as it downsized its office space in the area to 456,000 square feet. The network infrastructure will enable better connectivity to all major carriers who opt in.

And Megaport has made an inorganic move that could reshape the company. The interconnection and cloud onramp provider has agreed to acquire Latitude.sh. Latitude.sh offers Compute-as-a-Service in the form of CPU and GPU on demand in 20 markets around the world. The idea is to address enterprise need for both cloud connectivity and compute infrastructure around the world. The deal should close by the end of the year.

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