{"id":10310,"date":"2024-05-13T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zayoeuropedev.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=resources&p=10310"},"modified":"2024-07-31T04:18:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T02:18:33","slug":"why-zayo-continues-to-expand","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/zayoeutrans.burbledev.com\/de\/resources\/why-zayo-continues-to-expand\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Zayo Continues to Expand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While other fibre infrastructure companies are scaling back and divesting, Zayo is taking a different approach.<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Chaz Kramer, Vice President, Product, Fibre & Transport Networks<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our University of Denver NCAA national ice hockey champs might be the reason, but in Zayo\u2019s Denver headquarters, we hear this advice so often it has become our mantra:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t skate to where the puck is now. Skate to where it\u2019s going.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To do this well, we need to see into the future, and here\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. First, big bandwidth that\u2019s only getting bigger<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Second, a geographic shift in where bandwidth is supplied<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Finally, using new services to make bandwidth consumable<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The drivers of each of these shifts are the drivers of Zayo\u2019s expansion efforts. Let\u2019s talk about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. A continued voracious appetite for bandwidth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    If ever there was an \u201cup-and-to-the-right\u201d graph<\/a>, this is it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    This hunger is driven by a number of factors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Cloud<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    When applications and data processing move from your organization\u2019s basement to the Cloud, there\u2019s a sudden need for transport <\/em>\u2013 getting those applications and data back to the devices that use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Real-time Everything<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Especially video. Well beyond Zoom calls, think virtual appointments and remote surgery. Think massive online multiplayer gaming. Think VR immersion in 3-D entertainment, and in mental health. Virtual shopping. Millions of live, always-on security cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Machine Intelligence<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Soon, our customers won\u2019t be people \u2013 they\u2019ll be machines. Our customers\u2019 switches and routers will understand when bandwidth is running low, will shop the market through API interfaces, and will order supplemental capacity – all without human intervention. When humans split the scene, digital transactions get fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Which brings us to: how much bandwidth? We don\u2019t expect this hunger for bandwidth to ever <\/em><\/strong>be sated, so we need to supply as much bandwidth as today\u2019s optronics technology<\/a> allows. Zayo, the builder of bandwidth, must always be ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Geographic shifts<\/strong> \u2013 where to next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    This is changing as well. Today, over 30% of the bandwidth running on Zayo\u2019s global fibre network connects just 150 buildings \u2013 the largest data centres and traffic aggregation points in North America and Europe. While we\u2019ll continue to fortify these locations and the connections between them with more and more bandwidth, we can\u2019t ignore what\u2019s coming:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Re-Industrialization of North America<\/strong>
    In the Americas, economic growth is getting a shot in the arm, and public funding for innovation in manufacturing is shifting focus from places like China to places like Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n