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Uniti Wholesale Adds 1,100 Miles to Its South-Central U.S. Fiber Network to Meet AI Demand
Infrastructure Expansion Backed by the Largest Customer Contract in Uniti’s History LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Uniti Wholesale today announced a landmark expansion initiative of its dark fiber network across the South-Central United States, anchored by a 20-year customer contract with a total contract value of over $500 million. The deployment adds 1,100 route miles of ultra high‑capacity fiber and upgrades space and power at over 20 colocation sites to link Tier‑1 mark
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