In a move to connect data centers in two of Alabama’s largest cities, Uniti Fiber announced plans to build a new 200-mile-long fiber network spanning from Montgomery to Mobile.
The project is being funded through a new 20-year contract award from a strategic hyper-scale customer in Alabama.
“We are humbled to have earned the continued trust of our hyperscale customer, resulting in the building of this critical route connecting two important markets in Alabama,” said Greg Ortyl, Uniti’s President of Wholesale & Strategic Accounts. “This contract award continues to demonstrate the strong momentum Uniti has within the hyperscale segment as they aggressively build out new AI-optimized data centers.”
The route will create a path between the two markets allowing Uniti’s customers to interconnect to other regional and long-haul routes, which connect data centers in other additional markets.
The contract award was executed in the second quarter and Uniti plans to deliver the fiber routes to its customer in 2025. Over the last several years, Uniti has built almost 4,000 fiber route miles in Alabama, representing over $300 million of capital investment.
Austen Shipley is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
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