Lightpath expands managed bandwidth into Atlanta

Author: Joe Peck

Lightpath, a New York-based fibre network and connectivity provider, has entered the Greater Atlanta market, offering managed bandwidth services over its fibre network to data centre and enterprise customers.

The company operates 12,100 route miles (19,473 kilometres) of fibre networks across 10 US metropolitan markets and is now providing Wavelength and IP Transit services in Atlanta at speeds from 10Gbps to 800Gbps per wavelength.

Aggregate system capacity can scale into multi-terabit configurations, supporting applications including AI workloads, cloud interconnection, and large-scale data transfers.

Atlanta has become a growing data centre market, with enterprises and hyperscalers requiring high-capacity optical transport for connectivity between data centres, cloud platforms, and other infrastructure.

Lightpath operates a long-haul network hub in Atlanta connected to New York, Philadelphia, Ashburn, Chicago, Dallas, and Miami. Its Atlanta network provides connectivity to 30 data centre campuses using underground fibre infrastructure.

Atlanta connects to Lightpath’s national network

Chris Morley, CEO of Lightpath, says, “Atlanta is one of the fastest-growing data centre markets in the country, and demand for high-capacity managed bandwidth continues to accelerate.

“Entering this market connects this growing ecosystem to our national backbone, giving customers a direct path to the intensive capacity that AI and cloud workloads require.”

Tim Haverkate, Chief Commercial Officer at Lightpath, adds, “Our customers need optical transport that scales with their workloads. By pairing our long-haul backbone with high-capacity managed Wavelength and IP Transit services, we give Atlanta-area customers a single, trusted path to the bandwidth their businesses demand.”

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