LOUISVILLE, Colo.– May 10, 2012 – Zayo Group announces today that it will be expanding its fiber network into Richmond, VA. The build of 60 miles will mark Zayo’s initial Dark Fiber presence in Richmond. The project is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2012. 

 

Once complete, the 60-mile build will consist of a metro ring through the southeast portion of the Richmond Central Business District (CBD) and a larger ring with connectivity up to Henrico and Laurel.  Alongside the new fiber build, Zayo will now have diverse access into a large data center campus in Richmond.

 

“This build will be Zayo’s 3rd new market of the year and will provide connectivity into a key data center in the Richmond area,” states Matt Erickson, President of Zayo Fiber Solutions.

 

For more information on Zayo, visit www.zayo.com.

 

About Zayo Group

Based in Louisville, Colo., privately owned Zayo Group (www.zayo.com) is a national provider of fiber-based Bandwidth Infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo serves wireline and wireless carriers, data centers, Internet content and services companies, high bandwidth enterprises as well as federal, state and local government agencies. Zayo provides these services over regional, metro and fiber-to-the-tower networks. Zayo’s network assets include approximately 45,000 route miles, covering 42 states plus Washington, D.C. Additionally, Zayo has approximately 5,200 buildings on-net, 440 Points-of-Presence (POPs), 2,300 cell towers on-net, and over 94,000 billable square feet of colocation space. In March 2012, Zayo announced its intent to acquire AboveNet, a leading provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions. Zayo was recently named one of the Denver-area’s Fastest Growing Private Companies by the Denver Business Journal.

 

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LOUISVILLE, Colo.– May 2, 2012 – Zayo Group announces it will expand its fiber network throughout southern Indiana and into metro Louisville, Kentucky. The build is Zayo’s entrance into the Louisville market adding 60 new route miles and six buildings on-net. With these additional route miles, Zayo’s fiber network in the region totals more than 700 miles.

“The initial build into the Louisville market will provide the underlying infrastructure for wireless services,” states Steve Williams, General Manager of Zayo’s Central Region, “but the core ring through Louisville and out to Jeffersontown will allow for metro connectivity within the city as well as access to Evansville, Indianapolis and Chicago.”

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LOUISVILLE, Colo. – May 1, 2012 – Zayo Group announces today it completed its transaction to purchase Arialink, adding 930 new route miles to the Zayo Network, including 400 miles of dense metro networks in Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich.

“Arialink’s extensive network in Michigan will complement Zayo’s national footprint,” states Dan Caruso, President and CEO of Zayo Group. “This acquisition will expand the reach of our network services to new markets in Michigan that will be valuable to Zayo’s current customers as well as enable national services for customers in Michigan.”

The Michigan network will provide Ethernet, dark fiber and optical transport services across a 437 on-net building footprint in Michigan. The acquisition also provides Zayo with a regional long haul network and connectivity to smaller markets in central Michigan.

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LOUISVILLE, Colo. – April 03, 2012 – Zayo announces today that it has completed construction of its fiber network expansion in Nashville, TN.  Through this build, Zayo has nearly doubled the fiber route mileage in the greater Nashville area to 104 miles. These additional miles will allow Zayo to serve the markets of Franklin, Brentwood and Oak Hill with dark fiber, Ethernet and wavelength services.

Zayo has a substantial and growing presence in Tennessee. In addition to the Nashville network project, Zayo offers it metro and longhaul services in Johhnson City and Kingsport and has recently completed expansions in Memphis including extending its fiber-to-the-tower (FTT) network into Northern Mississippi. Zayo also operates carrier-neutral colocation facilities in Nashville and Memphis to securely house customer equipment and provide access to a broad range of carri er networks.

"Zayo continues to expand its fiber network throughout the state of Tennessee to meet the growing demand for bandwidth and dark fiber.” states Matt Erickson, President of Zayo Fiber Solutions. 

About Zayo Group

Based in Louisville, Colo., privately owned Zayo Group (www.zayo.com) is a national provider of fiber-based Bandwidth Infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services. Zayo serves wireline and wireless carriers, data centers, Internet content and services companies, high bandwidth enterprises as well as federal, state and local government agencies. Zayo provides these services over regional, metro and fiber-to-the-tower networks. Zayo’s network assets include approximately 45,000 route miles, covering 42 states plus Washington, D.C. Additionally, Zayo has approximately 5,200 buildings on-net, 440 Points-of-Presence (POPs), 2,300 cell towers on-net, and over 94,000 billable square feet of colocation space. Zayo was recently named one of the Denver-area’s Fastest Growing Private Companies by the Denver Business Journal.

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 LOUISVILLE, Colo.– March 30, 2012 – Zayo announces today its channel partnership with Cynergy, a telecom management firm. With this relationship Cynergy will offer its clients Zayo’s services to sites throughout its Atlanta network. Cynergy recently sourced a 1 Gig Ethernet and 10 Gig ring for Micfo, an international web hosting company, based on Zayo’s connectivity from 56 Marietta in Atlanta to its data center facility in Atlanta.

“As a telecom management firm, Cynergy has a strong history of securing a full-range of carrier services for its customer base,” states Jeff Cohen, Executive Director of Cynergy. “By working with Zayo, we are able to supply our clients with connectivity solutions into key facilities.”

“We are looking to work with a select number of Channel Partners focused on providing Bandwidth Infrastructure solutions,” states Glenn Russo, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development at Zayo Group. “By leveraging our relationships with firms such as Cynergy, Zayo can reach a broader group of customers who need fiber-based communication and colocation services.”

Zayo provides fiber-based Bandwidth Infrastructure services over its regional, metro and fiber to the tower networks that span 164 markets, across the United States.

For more information on Zayo, visit www.zayo.com.