Feb 06, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
US fiber firm Lightpath this week announced it has closed on the acquisition of the majority of assets from United Fiber and Data (UFD), and is launching a modular Edge data center unit, known as LightCube Edge Data Centers.
“This route represents a strategic addition to the Lightpath network extending our reach from the Northeast into the ever-expanding data center ecosystem in Ashburn,” stated Chris Morley, CEO, Lightpath. “We will continue to aggressively pursue organic and inorganic opportunities to meet both the metro and the long-haul requirements on behalf of our hyperscaler, carrier, and enterprise customers.”
“This route represents a strategic addition to the Lightpath network extending our reach from the Northeast into the ever-expanding data center ecosystem in Ashburn,” stated Chris Morley, CEO, Lightpath. “We will continue to aggressively pursue organic and inorganic opportunities to meet both the metro and the long-haul requirements on behalf of our hyperscaler, carrier, and enterprise customers.”
“This route represents a unique opportunity for customers to connect these critical markets with diversity, latency management, and soon the addition of Edge compute facilities,” said Tim Haverkate, EVP of major infrastructure solutions at Lightpath.
“Lightpath has seen surging demand on this route, with nearly 25 percent of the cable under contract, a 3.5x increase since the transaction was initially announced. Further, we are engaged in active conversations with 20 customers resulting in an opportunity pipeline that would oversubscribe the route as it exists today.”