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Dark Fibre

Unlit fibre strands leased to operators and enterprises that supply their own optical equipment.

Last updated 14 Jun 2026

Dark fibre is installed but unlit optical fibre. By leasing dark strands, carriers, hyperscalers and large enterprises gain full control over the optical electronics, capacity and security of a route — a critical building block for data-centre interconnection and private backbones.