Polygon layer · Fiber & Network
Fiber availability map, shaded by provider count
Provider count and top speed by area — is this site connected or stranded?
One carrier is a dependency, not a connection. This fiber availability map shades ground by how many independent providers actually serve it, which is the difference between a site with negotiating leverage and a site with a single point of failure.
- Source
- FCC
- Refresh
- Quarterly, following the FCC filing cycle
- Geometry
- Polygon
- Included from
- Water + Power + Fiber ($299/mo)
Why Fiber Availability matters
A fiber build to a remote site is measured in dollars per foot and months of permitting, and the cost lands entirely on the tenant. Provider count is also the whole of your negotiating position on transport pricing — single-provider sites pay materially more for the same circuit, every month, for the life of the lease.
Questions Fiber Availability answers
- Is there fiber at this site at all, or would I be building it?
- How many carriers can I put in a competitive bid?
- Which candidate sites are already lit versus needing a build?
What is in the Fiber Availability data
Coverage: Western US, reported at the FCC's published geographic resolution. Source dataset: Broadband Data Collection (BDC) fiber availability.
| Field | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Provider count | How many distinct providers report fiber service — the number that determines your pricing leverage. |
| Top download speed | Highest advertised speed reported in the area. |
| Technology | Reported transport technology, filtered to fiber. |
How we serve Fiber Availability
Availability is rendered as an area layer with provider count driving intensity, on a reserved cyan reserved for the network family so fiber never competes visually with water or power.
Fiber availability map — source, refresh and coverage
- Steward
- FCC
- Dataset
- Broadband Data Collection (BDC) fiber availability
- Refresh cadence
- Quarterly, following the FCC filing cycle
- Coverage
- Western US, reported at the FCC's published geographic resolution
- Records
- 220,949 rows
- Geometry
- Polygon
- Included from
- Water + Power + Fiber ($299/mo/mo)
Who uses Fiber Availability
Data Centers & AI Infrastructure
Power, water, fiber and permitting risk for every candidate site — before you send anyone to look at it.
Industrial & Manufacturing Siting
The same constraint stack as a data center, weighted for process load instead of compute.
Energy Development
Route corridors, site generation, and clear the environmental picture before the first landowner call.
Read Fiber Availability alongside
IXPs & Carrier Hotels
Internet exchange points and carrier hotels — where latency is actually decided.
Transmission Lines
High-voltage routes — the constraint that decides most data-center sites.
Substations
Where you can actually connect — with max voltage on every point.
Site Score Grid
Every layer above, resolved to one scored hex you can rank and defend.
Terms used on this page
See Fiber Availability on the map
This layer is included from Water + Power + Fiber ($299/mo) upward, alongside every other layer in the Water + Power + Fiber coverage.