wiredInUSA March 2018

Catering to the fiber boom

Furukawa Electric’s subsidiary, OFS, plans to spend $138.9 million on the expansion of two fiber optic cable facilities in Georgia’s Gwinnett and Carroll counties. OFS spokeswoman Sherry Salyer said the breakdown of jobs between the two facilities is “confidential”, but that job numbers in the state have been “steadily increasing with [the] global demand of optical fiber and cable” due to the proliferation of data centers, the prospect of 5G wireless networks,

and more fiber being installed to more homes.

“Furukawa Electric is responding with greater capacity, which you can see with the expansions and employment growth in Norcross and Carrollton. We foresee this demand continuing into the next decade with communication traffic estimated to increase during this period,” said Timothy F Murray, head of the global optical fiber and cable business of Furukawa Electric and CEO of OFS.

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