Expanding its market in the West, the company Google Fiber has announced that it is building new infrastructure for its services in two large metro areas in both Arizona and Colorado.
Members of the Westminster City Council in metro Denver have given their approval to a proposal that will see the company using the city’s rights of way and easements for construction. The project is expected to be completed sometime next year.
Westminster is the second city in Colorado to work out a partnership with Google Fiber. Late last year the city of Lakewood also reached an agreement with the company. At the time of Lakewood announcement, Mayor Adam Paul remarked: “Internet connectivity is as important as having water and electricity, and we need to ensure we have robust systems in place to serve our residents and businesses.”
At the same time, Google Fiber says it wants to build out a system in Chandler, Arizona, after earlier announcing plans to expand its fiber optic service in nearby Mesa, too.
A part of the Access division of the Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Incorporated, Google Fiber has been slowly building out its footprint in select areas of the country. Last summer the company announced plans to build new infrastructure in some 33 metro areas.
Dinni Jain, chief executive officer of Google Fiber, several months ago told the Reuters news service that while it has no plans to “build the entire country,” it did want to go into areas “based on the company’s findings of where speeds lag.”
By Garry Boulard
