OFS says it has won a deal to supply fiber-optic cabling to DC BLOX for the data center and connectivity service provider’s Myrtle Beach, SC, cabling landing station extension project. The initiative calls for a fiber link from the cable landing station to Charleston, Augusta, and Atlanta before terminating in Lithia Springs, GA.
The fiber network will have eight network aggregation facilities that will support regional cloud computing, wireless services, local content distribution, and broadband access to underserved areas in both South Carolina and Georgia. DC BLOX’s approximately 500-mile dark fiber route will be the first high-capacity east-to-west fiber network from South Carolina through Georgia, says OFS.
DC BLOX broke ground on the new cable landing station on October 4, 2022 (see "DC BLOX plans Myrtle Beach submarine cable landing station"). The company expects the 15-MW facility to be available in the second quarter of 2023 and the fiber route extension completed in the first quarter of 2024.
OFS was the fiber cabling supplier for the Light Source Communications assets DC BLOX acquired in South Carolina and Georgia earlier this year (see "DC BLOX buys network assets to complement SC cable landing station").
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