If You Build Broadband Infrastructure, Data Centers Will Come

Route Fifty: Next Century Cities will host a regional broadband summit in Mesa, Arizona, for the first time April 17-18, a milestone for a municipality that built its own network to lease to internet service providers.

Cable companies CenturyLink and Cox are the first two to secure license agreements with the city, but they’re non-exclusive.

Now comes the task of expanding broadband accessibility, the best practices for which Mayor John Giles has explored through the U.S. Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities and soon Digital Southwest.

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