As NVIDIA Adds 100 Dark Fiber Pairs, Some AI Hyperscalers Are Quietly Blocking Fiber Off-Ramps To Rural Towns, Suffocating A Key Benefit

The ongoing massive AI build out was supposed to fiberize the rural America in what was, up until now, an oft-cited salient point in favor of the said build out. Well, some hyperscalers are now apparently trying to block fiber network splicing to connect rural towns, fearing vulnerability to network…