Uniti Wholesale unveiled plans to expand its dark fiber network by more than 1,100 route miles in the South-Central United States, aiming to connect AI hubs in Amarillo and Haskell, Texas, with markets across the region.
The project includes upgrading space and power at more than 20 colocation sites to support ultra-high capacity links and add redundancy for mission-critical workloads.
Uniti said the expansion is anchored by a 20-year contract with an unnamed customer, with a total value exceeding $500 million. The company characterized the arrangement as evidence that its network is ready for AI-scale operations, supported by a leading hyperscaler.
Key route work will establish new fiber between Dallas and Memphis, with additional links to Little Rock, Muskogee, Haskell, and Amarillo. More than 106 route-miles of high-count, diverse fiber will be dedicated to redundant paths from Amarillo to AI campuses in Claude, Texas.
This latest announcement fits within Uniti’s broader AI fiber-building program. The company previously disclosed a roughly 480-mile route including Muskogee, Oklahoma, Little Rock, and Memphis, and has described a first phase with delivery slated for this month. A 337-mile Tulsa-to-Little-Rock route and a 145-mile Little Rock-to-Memphis link are also planned for completion this year, with further phases through 2027.
Along the Texas portion of the planned corridor, towns such as Tulia and Lubbock will be traversed, with the route passing through Post, Bryson, Fort Worth, Decatur and Wichita Falls. In Oklahoma, Dibble and Oklahoma City are on the path, while Arkansas would include Van Buren, Ozark, Atkins, Conway, Biscoe and Forrest City. Uniti framed the updates as the first segments of an AI-ready regional network.
