Uniti Fiber announces a contract to build a 200 mile fiber network through Alabama to connect Montgomery and Mobile

September 5, 2024 Uniti Group Inc. announce that it has received a new 20-year contract award from a strategic hyperscale customer in Alabama to construct a new long-haul route that will span over 200 route miles when complete. The broadband network will connect new data centers optimized for Generative AI, and broadening Uniti's reach throughout the state.

Uniti says that in order to deliver on the new contract and create significant capacity for future growth, it will build a multi-duct fiber system with several high-count fiber cables between Montgomery and Mobile, AL.

This route will create a diverse path between these two markets allowing Uniti's customers to interconnect to other regional and long-haul routes, which connect data centers in other markets.

Greg Ortyl is Uniti's President of Wholesale & Strategic Accounts.

"We are humbled to have earned the continued trust of our hyperscale customer, resulting in the building of this critical route connecting two important markets in Alabama," said President Ortyl in a statement. "This contract award continues to demonstrate the strong momentum Uniti has within the hyperscale segment as they aggressively build out new AI-optimized data centers."

Uniti said that with its deep roots in Alabama and large presence in the City of Mobile, it is continuing to invest in its fiber network, that provides enhanced connectivity solutions for its enterprise, wholesale and government segments.

In addition to finishing construction on a new multi-duct system across Mobile Bay, Uniti was recently awarded "Alabama Middle Mile" grant funding to continue its network growth efforts, strengthening route diversity throughout the state.

This contract award was executed in the second quarter and Uniti plans to deliver these fiber routes to its customer in 2025. Over the last several years, Uniti has built almost 4,000 fiber route miles in Alabama, representing over $300 million of capital investment.

Uniti is an internally managed real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition and construction of mission critical communications infrastructure and is a leading provider of fiber and other wireless solutions for the communications industry. As of June 30, 2024, Uniti owns approximately 142,000 fiber route miles, 8.6 million fiber strand miles, and other communications real estate throughout the United States.

In July Uniti announced that it was merging with Windstream. The two companies are both based in Arkansas.

Learn more by visiting their website at http://www.uniti.com.