Ziply Fiber Completes New Washington Data Center Links
The provider adds redundant fiber and on-net connections to support growing regional demand for high-capacity data traffic.
Updated on Oct. 15, 2026 in Data Centers
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Ziply Fiber has completed new fiber infrastructure projects in Quincy and Lynnwood, Washington, including a redundant fiber ring in Quincy and a connection to the Csquare data center in Lynnwood. These additions support the region's increasing demand for high-capacity data connectivity.
Why it matters
The Pacific Northwest faces significant power grid and regulatory constraints, making efficient connectivity essential for the region's expanding cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. These network upgrades provide the necessary bandwidth to support data center growth despite local infrastructure limitations.
Ziply Fiber now reports a 3x increase in 400G wavelength product sales compared to the prior year. These systems, designed to connect data centers to data centers, bolster a regional market that currently hosts nearly 300 operating facilities.
The players
Ziply Fiber
A telecommunications provider that builds and operates high-speed fiber-optic networks, focusing on connectivity solutions for data centers and regional enterprise markets.
Csquare
A commercial data center campus located in Lynnwood, Washington, providing physical space and power for cloud and AI infrastructure.
The details
The Quincy project establishes a fully redundant fiber loop, providing a failover mechanism that ensures continuous connectivity if one path is severed. In Lynnwood, the company has become an on-net carrier—a provider with direct physical fiber access into a building—at the Csquare campus located at 17300 Hwy 99. These installations utilize 400G wavelength products, which employ dense wavelength division multiplexing to transmit massive data volumes over existing fiber strands.
Timeline
Earlier in 2026: Ziply Fiber launched the Northern Link Route.
October 15, 2026: The company confirmed the completion of its latest Washington state fiber projects.
The Tech Race
The Pacific Northwest data center hub currently operates under restrictive regulatory moratoria and power grid constraints that limit physical facility growth. Ziply Fiber is positioning its network infrastructure to maximize the efficiency of existing sites as regional demand for cloud and AI continues to escalate.
Data center operators in Quincy and Lynnwood can now utilize these redundant loops and direct on-net connections for high-capacity 400G traffic. These upgrades specifically benefit enterprises and cloud providers relying on high-availability, low-latency links between regional data centers.
The takeaway
Ziply Fiber's recent activity underscores the critical need for robust, redundant physical network paths in power-constrained tech hubs. Operators should watch for further deployment of 400G capacity as the Pacific Northwest continues to absorb increasing demand for artificial intelligence workloads.
Further reading
For more on how infrastructure is evolving to support high-density computing, see our section on Data Centers.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Lightwave.
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