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AI-ready infrastructure

Protect and scale operations with modern IT infrastructure.

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INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES

AI-ready infrastructure

Protect and scale operations with modern IT infrastructure.

Secure and simplify IT Infrastructure

Today’s businesses face mounting pressure to deliver real-time experiences and connect global data sources—all while managing rising costs and evolving cyberthreats. Lumen Infrastructure Services deliver private connectivity through dark fiber, colocation and high-capacity wavelengths, providing the security, scalability and control to meet the analytics and hybrid cloud demands of today and tomorrow.

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Secure and simplify IT Infrastructure

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Designed to be #1

provider of AI-ready infrastructure

Designed to be #1

provider of AI-ready infrastructure

Up to 97%

U.S. business demand coverage

Up to 97%

U.S. business demand coverage

350+ Tbps

of total global IP ingress and egress capacity

350+ Tbps

of total global IP ingress and egress capacity

2,200+

public and private data center connections

2,200+

public and private data center connections

Explore digital infrastructure services

From wavelengths to the edge, support AI growth and new business demands across Lumen® Private Connectivity Fabric℠.

Explore digital infrastructure services

From wavelengths to the edge, support AI growth and new business demands across Lumen® Private Connectivity Fabric℠.

Lumen® Wavelength Solutions

Power AI, next-gen applications and data center connectivity with scalable, dedicated connectivity up to 400 Gbps

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Lumen® Wavelength Solutions

Power AI, next-gen applications and data center connectivity with scalable, dedicated connectivity up to 400 Gbps

Private Connectivity Fabric (PCF)

Ultra-fast, secure and scalable connectivity optimized for AI-driven enterprises

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Private Connectivity Fabric (PCF)

Ultra-fast, secure and scalable connectivity optimized for AI-driven enterprises

Lumen® Dark Fiber

Control and scalability for businesses seeking highly reliable, low-latency infrastructure

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Lumen® Dark Fiber

Control and scalability for businesses seeking highly reliable, low-latency infrastructure

Lumen® Network Colocation

Scale power, space and performance across secure, interconnected infrastructure optimized for AI and modern workloads

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Lumen® Network Colocation

Scale power, space and performance across secure, interconnected infrastructure optimized for AI and modern workloads

Lumen® Edge Computing and Storage Solutions

Securely bringing next-gen and AI applications closer to the source of digital interaction

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Lumen® Edge Computing and Storage Solutions

Securely bringing next-gen and AI applications closer to the source of digital interaction

Enterprise Broadband

Reliable, high-speed enterprise broadband solutions with extensive reach, built to scale

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Enterprise Broadband

Reliable, high-speed enterprise broadband solutions with extensive reach, built to scale

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Learn how advanced fiber-optic networking from Lumen can help your business withstand changing data demands and growing security threats.

Lumen Wavelength Solutions for AI

Power your future, drive AI innovation and reimagine how your business operates with Lumen Wavelength Solutions.

Lumen Wavelength Solutions for AI

Power your future, drive AI innovation and reimagine how your business operates with Lumen Wavelength Solutions.

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Lumen Wavelengths for AI

Learn how high‑capacity optical wavelengths help networks keep pace with the scale and performance demands of modern AI.

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Lumen Wavelengths for AI

Learn how high‑capacity optical wavelengths help networks keep pace with the scale and performance demands of modern AI.

The foundation of AI-ready networks

See why dark fiber and colocation are becoming the infrastructure backbone for AI-scale data movement.

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The foundation of AI-ready networks

See why dark fiber and colocation are becoming the infrastructure backbone for AI-scale data movement.

Building the AI backbone

Lumen delivers agile network architecture backed by award-winning connectivity with over 163,000 on-net buildings, 25% lower optical loss than the competition¹ and secure data transfer across the globe. Our extensive fiber network is designed with low-latency, high-capacity connections built for rapidly evolving AI demands.

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Building the AI backbone

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#1

most peered global network²

#1

most peered global network²

<5ms

of latency at the edge, designed to cover up to 97% of U.S. business demand

<5ms

of latency at the edge, designed to cover up to 97% of U.S. business demand

~340,000

global fiber route miles

~340,000

global fiber route miles

60%

more capacity vs. legacy fiber

60%

more capacity vs. legacy fiber

Customer stories

“At large events, people only notice when things go wrong ... Our team is responsible for the critical network infrastructure planning at AWS events, and Lumen helps us ensure no one notices because it always works."

— Brian Searcy, Principal Technical Program Manager for Networking

Amazon Integrated Security

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— Brian Searcy, Principal Technical Program Manager for Networking

Amazon Integrated Security

“By adopting Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric, we’re using the same network as some major hyperscalers. This allows us to securely and quickly connect to other cloud services and AI services with high bandwidth.”

— Trenton Thornock, CEO
Prometheus Hyperscale

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— Trenton Thornock, CEO
Prometheus Hyperscale

“Lumen provides significant value, enabling our terrestrial network to deliver cost-effective, high-performance connectivity solutions.”

— Vinit Duggal, SVP of Networks & CISO

Intelsat

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“Lumen provides significant value, enabling our terrestrial network to deliver cost-effective, high-performance connectivity solutions.”

— Vinit Duggal, SVP of Networks & CISO

Intelsat

“We’ve had 98.5% uptime for 50 locations. Despite dealing with fiber cuts and stormy weather, we’ve still been able to maintain a very high uptime.”

— Todd Thielbar, IT Director

Rew Materials

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“We’ve had 98.5% uptime for 50 locations. Despite dealing with fiber cuts and stormy weather, we’ve still been able to maintain a very high uptime.”

— Todd Thielbar, IT Director

Rew Materials

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¹-25% less fiber optic loss per km; less loss translates to less frequent need for fiber optic signal regeneration, decreasing equipment costs; figure is based on a comparison to vintage 2000 fiber (decrease from .22 db/km loss to .17 db/km).

²The Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), AS Rank, January 2024.