Arcadian Launches Fiber Construction in Willits, California
St. Louis, MO, October 17, 2024 – Arcadian Infracom, a critical information infrastructure company, held a groundbreaking ceremony in Willits, CA for its San Jose to Eureka fiber route (The Redwood Route). Joining Arcadian at the ceremony were representatives of Arcadian’s key route partners, the California Department of Technology (CDT), CalTrans, the California Public Utilities Commission and Willits, CA elected officials.
In February 2023, Arcadian and California created an innovative public private partnership as part of California’s Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative (MMBI). Through this partnership, the State enabled construction of Arcadian’s Los Angeles to Phoenix fiber route, (The Roadrunner Route), while furthering California’s rural broadband access goals. In October 2023, Arcadian and California expanded their partnership to include three additional fiber infrastructure construction projects: Bay Area to Eureka (The Redwood Route), Barstow to Las Vegas (Bugsy’s Route) and San Jose to Sacramento to Reno (The Capitol Route). That partnership now includes over 1,250 route miles of critically needed information infrastructure in California and beyond. When completed, these fiber routes will connect major US data centers, subsea fiber landing stations and rural communities throughout the Western U.S.
“Every month we are putting more and more Broadband fiber in the ground across California,” said California State Chief Information Officer and Department of Technology Director, Liana Bailey-Crimmins. “The Department of Technology’s commitment to building the nation’s largest middle-mile network cannot be realized without partners like Arcadian Infracom; together we will close the digital divide.”
Mayor Saprina Rodriquez of Willits, CA, commented: “As Mayor of Willits, I was proud to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the middle-mile project. This is a significant step toward expanding broadband in our rural community. By bridging the digital divide, it promises to transform how residents and businesses in Willits and the surrounding areas connect to the world. I truly appreciated the presentation by Arcadian at the site; seeing the project up close has allowed me to better share the details with my constituents. Once operational, this broadband network will create new opportunities for growth in business, education and information. I look forward to seeing the impact this project will have on our rural community’s future.”
Dan Davis, Arcadian CEO and Co-Founder, stated, “It was an honor to have The Mayor of Willits, Saprina Rodriquez, and other Willits leaders join in the event, along with CDT Leaders Liana Bailey-Crimmins (State CIO and CDT Director) and Mark Monroe (CDT Deputy Director, Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative). I also want to thank Rob Osborn, Director of Communications for the California Public Utilities Commission and Jeff Wiley, CalTrans Assistant Deputy Director, for joining us to celebrate another major milestone in our partnership. The Arcadian Redwood Route is a ‘local to global’ infrastructure project built with real purpose, creating wide-reaching economic impacts beyond traditional financial returns and technology measures.”
About Arcadian:
Founded in 2018 by seasoned communication industry leaders and headquartered in St. Louis MO, Arcadian is a critical information infrastructure development, construction and operations company. Arcadian builds diverse, lower latency long-haul and middle-mile fiber routes connecting major data center locations and subsea landing stations for its cloud and content customers, while also providing access to new global fiber backbones to digitally stranded rural and tribal communities along its route for its telecom, cable company, ISP
and enterprise customers. Arcadian purposefully routes its fiber through remote rural and tribal communities to help bridge the digital divide in the U.S. Arcadian currently has six long-haul fiber routes under development in the Southwestern and Western U.S. that, when completed, will add 3,500+ route miles of critically needed new fiber infrastructure.
About The California Department of Technology and Broadband for All Initiative:
In June 2021, the State of California passed historic legislation allocating $6 billion to fund its Broadband for All initiative, including $3.25 billion to create a middle-mile fiber network within California. The California Department of Technology (CDT) leads the Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative that includes State partners California Department of Transportation and the California Public Utilities Commission. GoldenStateNet was chosen as the State’s third-party administrator for construction of the facilities. The network is being created with public and private sector partners to further digital equity, access and inclusion for all Californians.
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