Crown Castle Finalizes Sales of Fiber and Small-Tower Assets

Crown Castle Finalizes Sales of Fiber and Small-Tower Assets

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Zayo Completes Crown Castle Fiber Acquisition

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2026 – Digital infrastructure provider Zayo completed its acquisition of Crown Castle’s fiber business on Friday, expanding its fiber footprint across U.S. metro markets.Crown Castle said in 2025 it would sell its fiber and small cell businesses in an $8.5 billion deal as part of a shift to focus on its tower operations. Zayo said the acquisition adds approximately 90,000 route miles and 40,000 on-net enterprise locations to i…

Zayo Closes on Crown Castle Fiber

At the end of last week, one of the biggest metro and regional fiber deals in recent years finally closed. Zayo has finished off its purchase of Crown Castle’s fiber business, adding some 90K route miles of dense metro fiber to its own reach and connectivity into 40K enterprise locations. The deal brings to something of a conclusion the metro rollup I’ve spent the last decade and a half keeping an eye on. …