WiredInUSA September 2016

New route shows strong demand

Zayo Group Holdings has announced 12 follow-on customers for its Sacramento to Salt Lake City route. Zayo completed construction of the 970-mile route in late 2015. The follow-on sales are to three long-haul dark fiber and nine wavelengths customers, including major carriers, Internet and content companies. In aggregate, the combined sales are generating a strong return with a cash flow yield of approximately 29 percent. The Sacramento to Salt Lake City route complements Zayo’s existing long-haul network and enables diverse connectivity for enterprise, carrier, cable and content companies between major west coast

data center markets such as Los Angeles, Seattle and the Bay Area to the rest of the country. “This route is generating significant customer momentum, especially with west coast content customers,” said Dave Jones, executive vice president of dark fiber solutions at Zayo. “It’s a unique route, which provides critical diversity. Zayo now provides four diverse paths from the west coast to Chicago, with access to our global network and infrastructure.” With the completion of this route, Zayo’s long-haul dark fiber network spans approximately 30,000 route miles across North America and Europe.

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