Facebook Completes First Phase of Fiber Build Across Indiana

The social network expects to finish a route across the state by year-end

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Facebook said Monday that it completed the first phase of a fiber network build across Indiana, running nearly 80 miles alongside Interstate 70 from the Indiana-Ohio border to downtown Indianapolis.

Sourcing managers Boh DuPree and Michele Kohler said in a Newsroom post Monday that construction of the second phase is underway, which will result in an 85-mile fiber route west from Indianapolis along U.S. Route 40 to the Indiana-Illinois border.

The social network is partnering with communications infrastructure provider Zayo on the project.

DuPree and Kohler wrote, “By the end of 2021, when both phases are complete, Indiana will have a fiber route that spans the state from east to west.

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