Bandwidth IG Completes Dark Fiber Route in San Jose

<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p id&equals;"temp&lowbar;ReleaseStart"><strong><span class&equals;"xn-location">SUNNYVALE<&sol;span> <&sol;strong>&&num;8212&semi; Bandwidth Infrastructure Group &lpar;Bandwidth IG&rpar; has expanded its dark fiber data connections in Silicon Valley&period; The company recently completed a unique fiber route — diverse from other carriers — to the vital data center campuses in <span class&equals;"xn-location">South San Jose<&sol;span>&period; The 100&percnt; underground fiber optic network runs from <span class&equals;"xn-location">Santa Clara<&sol;span> to the Great Oaks area in <span class&equals;"xn-location">South San Jose<&sol;span>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntaj">The Silicon Valley data center market remains one of the <u>most active<&sol;u> in the U&period;S&period;&comma; where the new data center construction pipeline <u>exceeds 85MW<&sol;u> — second only to <span class&equals;"xn-location">Northern Virginia<&sol;span>&period; As the demand for data center services continues to rise in Silicon Valley&comma; access to reliable fiber networks to empower the vast amount of data being transmitted is increasing in tandem&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntaj">Bandwidth IG&&num;8217&semi;s new&comma; unique route provides data centers and their customers with a reliable&comma; secure and fast network for connectivity between data centers or from data centers to corporate campuses&period; The route connects <span class&equals;"xn-location">Santa Clara<&sol;span> and Great Oaks to Bandwidth IG&&num;8217&semi;s larger <span class&equals;"xn-location">San Francisco Bay Area<&sol;span> network that is on-net to over 30 data centers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntaj">&&num;8220&semi;The Silicon Valley area continues to be a hub for technology companies&comma; and the advancements they&&num;8217&semi;re creating require high quality networks that emphasize low signal loss and latency while maximizing route diversity&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says <span class&equals;"xn-person">Jim Nolte<&sol;span>&comma; CEO for Bandwidth IG&period; &&num;8220&semi;Our new dark fiber route achieves those goals&comma; in fact the first test results showed signal loss roughly 40&percnt; below a standard loss budget&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntaj">Recognizing that bandwidth demand continues to grow at an exponential pace&comma; Bandwidth IG is focused on further expanding its network this year&period; In the next six months&comma; Bandwidth IG will complete construction on two more diverse paths from Great Oaks&period; These new routes will offer enterprises and data center operators additional diversity and inventory to satisfy their critical bandwidth infrastructure needs&period; By the end of 2022&comma; the network will traverse more than 165 route miles covering the data center concentrations and corporate campuses in <span class&equals;"xn-location">Mountain View<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Sunnyvale<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Santa Clara<&sol;span>&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Milpitas<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">San Jose<&sol;span>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bandwidth Infrastructure Group &lpar;Bandwidth IG&rpar; is a metro dark fiber provider that offers high capacity&comma; strategic&comma; dark fiber networks to mission critical data centers&comma; hyperscalers and enterprises throughout the <span class&equals;"xn-location">San Francisco Bay Area<&sol;span>&comma; Greater Portland and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Greater Atlanta<&sol;span> areas&period; Bandwidth IG&&num;8217&semi;s 100&percnt; underground network meets critical data needs for enterprises and data centers who require quality&comma; reliable connectivity options&period; Bandwidth IG&&num;8217&semi;s <span class&equals;"xn-location">San Francisco Bay Area<&sol;span> network offers more than 160 route miles and 50 data centers&period; The Greater Portland network has more than 10 route miles and 14 data centers&comma; and the <span class&equals;"xn-location">Greater Atlanta<&sol;span> network has more than 60 route miles and six data centers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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