Bandwidth IG, a metro dark fiber provider, announced plans to add over 310 route miles across the San Francisco Bay Area. The rollout will exceed 2 million fiber miles, adding significant capacity to a region with a high density of data centers and high-bandwidth users.
The latest addition to Bandwidth IG's fiber network is noteworthy, as it includes the first submarine cable installed beneath the San Francisco Bay in over two decades.
"With unprecedented demand for data center space and power, providing the San Francisco Bay Area with new purpose-built, mission-critical infrastructure becomes a market necessity," said Patton Lochridge, Chief Commercial Officer for Bandwidth IG. "Dark fiber is the foundation of data transmission but many incumbent networks in the Bay Area lack capacity or are not capable of meeting the needs of the world's largest consumers of data. By continuing our focus on new fiber infrastructure, we're creating a path for connectivity in critical areas of the market that will allow hyperscalers and data centers to fully leverage AI and other society-changing technologies."
