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  "description": "Fiber company turns its sights on three major American cities.",
  "path": "/lsc-completes-kansas-city-dark-fiber-project/",
  "publishedAt": "2025-06-30T15:24:14.000Z",
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  "textContent": "June 25, 2025 – Light Source Communications, a dark fiber network specialist based in Southgate, Michigan, has built a 35-mile-long dark fiber network in Kansas City, Missouri, paving the way for the increased connectivity throughout the city.\n\nLSC, headed by CEO **Debra Freitas** , _announced completion_ of the project in a Tuesday press release. That release noted that LSC plans to build dark fiber networks in Las Vegas, Phoenix, and _Tulsa_ by the end of 2025. The Kansas City network is already connected to four data centers, and has a major hyperscaler as the anchor tenant, according to the company.\n\n\"We're thrilled to raise a toast to this exciting milestone,\" Freitas said. \"Expanding into the Kansas City market is a key step in our strategic growth across high-demand U.S. regions. As AI and high-performance computing continue to drive unprecedented connectivity needs, we remain committed to delivering high-capacity, low-latency solutions to organizations of all sizes. As a carrier-neutral, customer-agnostic provider, LSC is proud to support the evolving demands of today's digital economy.\"\n\n\n\n_****FROM SPEEDING BEAD SUMMIT****_\n _****Panel 1: How Are States Thinking About Reasonable Costs Now?****_\n_****Panel 2: Finding the State Versus Federal Balance in BEAD****_\n _****Panel 3: Reacting to the New BEAD NOFO Guidance****_\n _****Panel 4: Building, Maintaining and Adopting Digital Workforce Skills****_\n\n All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit \n\nDark fiber _consists of unlit fiber optic cables_ that companies can lease or purchase. The industry has seen marked growth in recent years, driven by increased demand for reliable high-speed internet.",
  "title": "LSC Completes Kansas City Dark Fiber Project",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:27:03.568Z"
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