Ziply Completes Fiber Ring Network Construction for Data Centers in Quincy, USA

en.Wedoany.com Reported - Ziply Fiber announced the completion of a fiber ring network construction for the data center cluster in Quincy, Washington, USA, forming a fully redundant high-capacity network covering major local data centers. The ring network uses 874-count fiber, providing two independent transmission paths for connected data centers to carry large-bandwidth traffic for AI, cloud computing, and inter-data center communications.

The newly built ring network connects multiple large data centers in the Quincy area, including facilities operated by Microsoft, Sabey, NTT, CyrusOne, and H5. Ziply has also enabled direct interconnection between different data centers, allowing some regional traffic to be transmitted directly within the Quincy data center cluster without returning to the internet backbone for forwarding.

Ziply has configured dual-path access for each data center and kept the actual utilization rate of any single fiber segment at no more than 40%, reserving capacity for traffic switching in the event of line failures. The company disclosed that its wavelength business sales volume has grown approximately twofold over the past year, and demand for large-bandwidth transmission from AI data center customers was a key driver behind this ring network construction.

Quincy is one of the important data center clusters in the northwestern United States, with access to hydropower resources, a low-temperature climate, and existing high-capacity fiber infrastructure. The ring network completed by Ziply primarily serves AI and hyperscale data center workloads, providing high-capacity, low-failure-risk metro transmission infrastructure for regional data centers.

Ziply also plans to continue building similar data center ring networks along the Northern Link long-haul fiber route, which was put into operation in April of this year. The Northern Link spans approximately 2,100 miles, connecting Oregon, Washington, Montana, and North Dakota, and extending into Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. The company is evaluating opportunities for new access and ring network construction at data center clusters along the route.