Uniti Group announces contract award with large hyperscaler

Uniti Group announced a new 20-year contract award from a strategic hyperscale customer in Alabama. As part of this award, Uniti will construct a new long-haul route that will span over 200 route miles when complete, connecting new data centers optimized for Generative AI, and broadening Uniti’s reach throughout the state. In order to deliver on the new contract and create significant capacity for future growth, Uniti 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. With deep roots in Alabama and a large presence in the City of Mobile, Uniti continues to invest in its fiber network, enhancing 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.