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D-IX and Opiquad Announce Partnership Creating a One-Stop Shop for Connectivity, Cloud, and Cybersecurity Indianapolis, IN — April 2026 — FD-IX, a next-generation U.S. Internet exchange, and Opiquad, a Digital Ecosystem Provider with proprietary telecom and cloud infrastructures, today announced a strategic partnership that creates the first unified platform purpose-built for independent service providers. The combined offering brings peering, transit, last-mile fiber and fixed-wireless access,

Neoclouds: The Next Layer of Compute GravityThe term “neocloud” is frequently used in contemporary discussions, often to describe architectures that do not align with traditional classifications. Conventional cloud infrastructure was designed for general-purpose workloads, emphasizing elasticity, multi-tenancy, and a diverse range of applications capable of tolerating abstraction. In contrast, neoclouds depart from this model by beingFD-IX.AIJustin Wilson

BEAD funding shifted much of the focus to the edge of the network. That is expected. The scoring rewards coverage, fiber miles, and subscriber reach. Everyone is thinking about how to pass homes and light up customers. Once traffic enters your network, it has to go somewhere. Most designs default to upstream transit. It is simple, it works, and it checks the box. But it also locks you into a cost model that scales with every customer you add. You solve coverage with BEAD, then you inherit a gro