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Telecom and Tech M&A Tracker

Telecom and Tech M&A Tracker 2025

2025 has seen major telecom and tech M&A activity, including billion-dollar deals in fiber, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. This monthly tracker details key acquisitions, like AT&T buying Lumen’s fiber assets and Google’s $32B move for Wiz, highlighting how consolidation is shaping the competitive landscape.

Lumen 400G Metro Data Center Connectivity for AI

Lumen 400G Metro Data Center Connectivity for AI
AI buildouts and multi-cloud scale are stressing data center interconnect, making high-capacity, on-demand metro connectivity a priority for enterprises. Training pipelines, retrieval-augmented generation, and model distribution are shifting traffic patterns from north-south to high-volume east-west across metro clusters of data centers and cloud on-ramps. This is the backdrop for Lumen Technologies push to deliver up to 400Gbps Ethernet and IP Services in more than 70 third-party, cloud on-ramp ready facilities across 16 U.S. metro markets. The draw is operational agility: bandwidth provisioning in minutes, scaling up to 400Gbps per service, and consumption-based pricing that aligns spend with variable AI and data movement spikes.

Zayo Amend-and-Extend to 2030 for AI Network Expansion

  • Tech News & Insight
  • August 15, 2025
Zayo Amend-and-Extend to 2030 for AI Network Expansion
Zayo has secured creditor backing to push major debt maturities to 2030, creating headroom to fund network expansion as AI-driven demand accelerates. Zayo entered into a transaction support agreement dated July 22, 2025, with holders of more than 95% of its term loans, secured notes, and unsecured notes to amend terms and extend maturities to 2030. By extending maturities, Zayo lowers refinancing risk in a higher-for-longer rate environment and preserves cash for growth capex. The move aligns with its pending $4.25 billion acquisition of Crown Castle Fibers assets and follows years of heavy investment in fiber infrastructure.

Lumen NaaS Surpasses 1,000 Customers

  • Tech News & Insight
  • August 13, 2025
Lumen NaaS Surpasses 1,000 Customers
Lumen surpassing 1,000 customers on its Network-as-a-Service platform is a clear marker for where enterprise networking is headed. AI adoption, multi-cloud architectures, and distributed applications are pushing organizations toward on-demand, software-driven connectivity. Lumens platform bundles three core service types under a single digital experience. The platform integrates with major hyperscalers, enabling direct paths to AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. All can be provisioned self-service, scaled up or down based on demand, and stitched to cloud regions and third-party data centers via cloud on-ramps.

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