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Great Plains Communications (GPC) has struck a deal to deliver redundant fiber capacity to a data center in Simpsonville, Kentucky.
Edited by Brad Randall, Broadband Communities
Great Plains Communications’ fiber division and mission-critical infrastructure real estate investment firm Aphorio Carter have struck a partnership to bring redundant, high-capacity fiber connectivity into a new colocation and data-center facility in Simpsonville, Kentucky.
The deal, announced this week, links GPC Fiber’s roughly 19,000-mile network to Aphorio Carter’s recently completed site, aiming to provide enterprises and carriers in the region with expanded transport and internet capacity.
Under the arrangement, the Simpsonville data center will gain direct access to GPC’s network, which the companies say can support up to 400 Gbps transport and 100 Gbps dedicated internet access. GPC’s routes into the facility are described as route-diverse, adding fiber paths toward Cincinnati and Indianapolis that the partners say will improve redundancy and lower latency for mission-critical workloads and cloud services.
Aphorio Carter’s Simpsonville facility is positioned as a carrier-neutral option for regional and national tenants, GPC’s release stated.
The data center currently offers 10,000 square feet of raised-floor colocation space with plans to expand to 25,000 square feet and as much as 17 megawatts of power by late 2026.
Executives from both companies framed the partnership as part of broader efforts to strengthen Kentucky’s digital infrastructure. Christopher Sikora, chief revenue officer at Great Plains, emphasized the bandwidth and route diversity GPC brings, while Aphorio Carter’s COO, John Regan, highlighted the impact on the site’s appeal to cloud, enterprise and carrier customers.
The firms expect customer turn-ups to begin within about 60 days after equipment installation is completed.
AI tools from Noah Wire Services were used to help generate this report.
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