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Big Fiber has secured $250 million in financing from Stonepeak and CDPQ to expand its dark fiber footprint in response to accelerating hyperscaler demand. The buildout targets inter-campus routes conn...
A new industry analysis reveals AI data centers require 36x more fiber optic cable than conventional server deployments. The demand spike has pushed lead times to a full year in some markets, with maj...
NVIDIA and Corning announced a landmark partnership to dramatically expand US optical fiber manufacturing. NVIDIA is investing $500 million in Corning with rights to purchase 15 million shares, while ...
Corning will expand US optical connectivity capacity 10x through a multiyear commercial and technology partnership with NVIDIA. The deal includes three new US manufacturing plants and directly address...
Corning filed an 8-K confirming NVIDIA's $500 million investment and the right to purchase up to 15 million shares at $180 per share. The three new US optical plants will produce fiber and interconnec...
Amazon AWS is accelerating its US data center buildout with $30 billion in newly committed investments. Key sites span Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Mississippi — all requiring dense fiber inter...
Microsoft, Google, and AWS plan to invest more than $500 billion combined in capital expenditures for AI infrastructure in fiscal year 2026. Analysts now project hyperscalers will control two-thirds o...
Meta and Corning are expanding optical cable manufacturing capacity in Hickory, NC as part of a multiyear, up-to-$6 billion agreement supporting Meta's AI data center buildout. A new 1,000-job manufac...
Microsoft is on track to invest around $80 billion in AI-enabled data centers in FY2025 — the largest single-year infrastructure commitment in the company's history. More than half is targeted at US f...
Meta's Project Waterworth will stretch 50,000km across five continents — connecting the US, India, Brazil, South Africa, and Asia-Pacific — making it the world's longest submarine cable with 24 fiber ...
Amazon has confirmed capital expenditure of approximately $200 billion in 2026, with the majority earmarked for AWS data center construction. A $3 billion campus in Vicksburg, MS is among the recently...
Nokia announced a $4 billion investment in US R&D and manufacturing for AI-ready network technologies, covering optical networking, data center interconnect, and advanced fiber equipment. Effective Ja...