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April 27, 2026 · Indianapolis, IN FD-IX has completed a significant upgrade to its Indianapolis backbone, increasing transport capacity to 800 gigabits per second (800G) between two of the region's primary interconnection facilities: 733 West Henry and 401 North Shadeland. The expansion was made possible through FD-IX's participation in the National Broadband Co-op (NBBC), a cooperative infrastructure model that pools member demand to accelerate network investment across the region. The upgrad

Published: April 21, 2026 | Read Time: 8 min | Author: FD-IX Team Sitting at the geographic center of the continent, St. Louis has spent decades quietly becoming one of the most important crossroads for internet traffic in North America. FD-IX has been there since the beginning. Table of Contents 1. St. Louis: America's Network Crossroads 2. FD-IX in St. Louis Today 3. The Facilities: Where Peering Happens 4. Who Is Peering at FD-IX St. Louis? 5. Why the Data Center Ecosystem Is Ac

BEAD funding has shifted the conversation in the right direction. Unserved locations are being mapped. Proposals are being evaluated. Networks are getting built in places that have been waiting for broadband for decades. The scoring criteria, as written, reward the right things: coverage, speed commitments, affordability, reliability. Build the network. Pass the homes. Light up the customers. What the scoring doesn't reward is operating efficiency. And that's where the problem shows up — not a