Digital Backbone Zayo operates one of the largest independent fiber networks across North America, offering a scalable platform for customers pursuing cloud, AI, media, and fintech initiatives. This presents opportunities to upsell managed network services, security-enabled connectivity, and tight integration with enterprise IT and data center strategies.

AI Economy Lead Recent leadership transition and recognition as a foundational backbone for the AI economy signal continued emphasis on high-performance, secure, and resilient infrastructure. Sales opportunities exist in advanced data transport, low-latency paths, and AI/ML workload optimization connectivity for hyperscale and enterprise AI deployments.

MSP Growth Zayo climbed to the top of the MSP 501, highlighting a growing managed services capability. This opens doors for cross-selling managed network services, monitoring, cybersecurity, and proactive support to enterprises seeking outsourced, reliable throat-to-tail infrastructure management.

Global Incident Readiness A June 2026 fiber break impacting the network underscores the importance of robust reliability and disaster recovery. Prospects include selling resilient, diverse-path connectivity, SLAs with failover, and co-location or data-center alignment to minimize downtime for mission-critical applications.

Enterprise Scope With an enterprise customer base spanning cloud, healthcare, finance, media, and telecommunications, Zayo can be a platform for multi-region connectivity, data-center colocation, and secure data transport across industries. Focus on selling end-to-end infrastructure that supports regulatory compliance, performance, and security requirements.