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Company profile
Zayo provides fiber-based communications infrastructure, including long-haul, metro, dark fiber, wavelength, and connectivity services for cloud providers, enterprises, carriers, and data center operators. The company operates one of North America’s largest fiber networks and is increasingly focused on supporting AI infrastructure and hyperscale connectivity requirements.
| Headquarters | Denver, Colorado |
| CEO | Steve Smith |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Ownership | Private; owned by DigitalBridge and EQT |
| Coverage | Fiber Infrastructure • AI Connectivity • Long-Haul Networks • Metro Fiber • Dark Fiber • Wavelength Services • Data Centers • Digital Infrastructure |
Latest reporting
Zayo Group, a provider of communications infrastructure services with a network spanning North America and Europe, announced the appointment of Andrew Crouch as president and chief operating officer, effective April…
Zayo announced a contract to supply metro dark fiber in Chicago to a global webscale cloud provider. Zayo said this project will connect six data center locations with 20 diverse…
Zayo has been selected by a global e-commerce company to provide wavelength connectivity between two of the company’s data centers in Nevada and a data center in Utah. The solution…
Zayo was selected to deliver dark fiber and wavelength connectivity in a major West Coast metro market to a leading genomics firm. The connectivity, which will use Zayo’s existing fiber…
Zayo agreed to acquire Electric Lightwave, formerly known as Integra Telecom, for $1.42 billion in cash. Electric Lightwave, which provides infrastructure and telecom services primarily in the Western United States,…
Zayo Group Holdings announced that M. Catherine (Cathy) Morris was elected to the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Morris is the chief strategy officer of Arrow Electronics, leading its…
Zayo has acquired a data center in Santa Clara, California – its first in Silicon Valley – for $12.8 million. Zayo has 1,500 route miles of fiber in the SF…
Zayo announced that a major wireless carrier has selected Zayo it to deploy C-RAN connectivity in two major metro areas. The identity of the customer was not disclosed. Under the…
Zayo Group Holdings appointed Amanda Tierney as executive vice president of Network Connectivity, a role in which she will be responsible for the wavelengths, Ethernet, IP and SONET Strategic Business…
Zayo announced its largest mobile infrastructure contract to date, but did not disclose the customer or financial terms. Zayo will upgrade and expand the customer’s fiber-to-the-tower (FTT) network, which includes…
Zayo announced a contract to supply a Layer 2 network connecting more than 20 locations in North America, South America and Europe for a leading location intelligence company. Financial terms…
Zayo has been selected by a large global carrier for 100G wavelength services between Paris and Marseille. The upgrade leverages the Viatel network, which Zayo acquired in 2015, and will…
Zayo appointed Jack Waters as chief technology officer (CTO) and president of Network Solutions, reporting to Zayo’s chairman and CEO Dan Caruso. Waters and Caruso worked together beginning in 1997…