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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
A major health system in the south-central U.S. has selected Zayo to provide a Private Dedicated Wavelength Network (PDN-W). A 40G network will provide diverse connectivity between the customer’s primary…
Zayo announced a major contract to provide dark fiber infrastructure in the UK for a leading global carrier. The solution includes 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of dark fiber to connect…
Zayo activated a new coherent wavelength route from Marseille to Strasbourg via Milan. The route, which also provides connectivity to Paris, Frankfurt, London, and Amsterdam, leverages Zayo’s European fiber network…
Zayo is continuing to study the possibility of converting its tax structure into a real estate investment trust (REIT). Preliminary investigation has revealed certain advantages. The company is now engaging…
Zayo announced plans to open its first data center in the London metro area, will add 30,000 total square feet and 3.6 megawatts (MW) of critical power. The new data…
Zayo will build a high-capacity dark fiber ring in the Montreal metro area to a global cloud provider. The project involves the extension of Zayo’s existing dense network in Montreal…
Zayo announced a contract with a major wireless carrier to supply fiber-to-the-tower (FTT) to new macro towers in 30 markets across 21 states. The name of the carrier was not…
Zayo announced a contract to supply approximately 50km of new fiber to Interdata, a systems and infrastructure integrator based in the Paris metropolitan area. The solution includes two diverse, dark…
Zayo Group will sell its Scott-Rice Telephone Co. business unit, a Minnesota ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier), for $42 million to New Ulm Telecom, Inc. Zayo acquired Scott-Rice Telephone as…
Zayo announced plans for a new long haul dark fiber network between Reno, Nevada and Umatilla, Oregon — a distance of 600 miles (1,000 km). Zayo said the project is…
Zayo agreed to acquire Neutral Path Communications, a long haul infrastructure provider operating a fiber network in the Midwest. The transaction will add 452 owned plus additional leased route miles…
Zayo Group has acquired Vancouver-based Optic Zoo Networks for CAD $31 million. Optic Zoo owns and operates high-capacity fiber in Vancouver, British Columbia and has achieved a significant penetration of…
Zayo announced a major contract to provide a global webscale company (not named) with significant amounts of dark fiber in Europe. Financial terms were not disclosed. The solution consists of…