123Net and Peninsula Fiber Networks will be teaming up for a substantial middle mile effort up in the Great Lakes region. The NTIA has awarded federal dollars for the Infrastructure for Michigan’s Peninsula and Critical Crossings (IMPACC) project, with PFN acting as the lead recipient and 123Net as the sub-recipient.
The project will build out some 535 route miles of network through the Michigan counties of Berrien, Van Buren, Allegan, Lapeer, Macomb, St. Clair, and Genesee, touching many underserved communities along the way. It will also connect back to Chicago via the wet route – meaning under Lake Michigan. Two sub-lake cables will be constructed between 123NET’s data center in Grand Rapids and destinations over in the Windy City.
