Lightpath News

Lightpath Enters Columbus with AI-Grade Network

Lightpath announced its entrance into the Columbus, OH market with a new, 102-route mile, underground, high-fiber count network, anchored by a major hyperscaler partner.

Lightpath Acquires WANRack’s Phoenix Business

Lightpath announced the company has completed the acquisition of WANRack’s network assets and customers in the Phoenix metropolitan market. This acquisition adds 133 route miles of fiber, including diverse paths between the Goodyear data center ecosystem and metro Phoenix carrier hotel facilities, accelerating Lightpath’s service readiness and expansion in the region.

Lightpath Enters Phoenix Market with New AI-Grade Fiber Network

 Lightpath announced its entrance into the Phoenix market with a new 230-route mile, high-fiber count network throughout the region, anchored by multiple hyperscaler customers.

Lightpath Closes Acquisition of United Fiber & Data Assets

Lightpath announced the company has closed the transaction to acquire substantially all of the assets of United Fiber and Data (UFD). The company also introduced LightCube Edge Data Centers that will be first deployed along its NYC-Ashburn strategic network route.

Lightpath Launches New Performance Units to Support Surging AI-Related Demand

Major Infrastructure Solutions to be Headed by EVP Tim Haverkate. Joe Harding Joins Company as President of Core Infrastructure & Networking Solutions.

Lightpath Responding to Nearly $1 Billion of Growing AI-Driven Demand

Lightpath announced that in 2024 the company booked nearly $110 million of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital infrastructure sales to hyperscalers. At the end of 2024, Lightpath’s AI-related infrastructure opportunities pipeline totaled nearly $1 billion.

Lightpath Announces GRESB Score of 97 and 5-Star Rating

Lightpath received a 5-Star Rating and a score of 97 on the 2024 GRESB Infrastructure Asset Benchmark Report. The score placed Lightpath first among all participating private data transmission companies in the fiber networks sector in the Americas.

Lightpath Miami Expansion Includes New On-Net Data Centers and RapidPath Dark Fiber Service

Lightpath, an all-fiber announced it is continuing its aggressive expansion in the Greater Miami region by adding connectivity to eight new data centers, adding 15-miles of new fiber network, and introducing a new RapidPath dark fiber service to area data centers.

Lightpath Deploys Industry’s First 400G Protected Circuit Utilizing Power-Efficient Ciena WaveLogic 5 Nano Coherent Optics

Lightpath and Ciena recently deployed the industry’s first known 400 Gb/s protected optical circuit utilizing power-efficient and high-performance pluggable technologies. The achievement increases the maximum bandwidth levels that customers can utilize to deploy persistent, mission-critical services while utilizing 80% less electricity.