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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

Published: April 18, 2026 | Read Time: 8 min | Author: FD-IX Team Music City is becoming one of the fastest-growing tech markets in the South. Now it is getting the internet exchange infrastructure to match. Table of Contents 1. Nashville's Infrastructure Moment 2. What Is FD-IX? 3. Why Nashville, Why Now? 4. Benefits of Local Peering in Nashville 5. FD-IX Services and Pricing 6. How to Connect 7. FD-IX on PeeringDB 8. What to Do Before the Nashville Node Goes Live Nashville has spe