Lumen Will Link Amazon Data Centers in Latest AI Fiber Deal
- Telecom company has also inked deals with Microsoft, Meta
- Deals help Lumen offset slump in the legacy voice business
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Lumen Technologies Inc. has agreed to provide connectivity between some of Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing data centers.
The telecommunications firm will build links between Amazon Web Services’ main data centers and smaller outposts near big cities, the two companies said Wednesday in a statement. Lumen, which operates more than 263,000 route miles (423,000 km) of fiber-optic cable, will also adopt some AWS technologies.