Everyone was all smiles at a recent ribbon-cutting in Santa Rita Ranch, and no wonder — the new facility the crowd welcomed will be transformative for the entire region and educate our residents on what is high speed fiber internet!
Local officials and business leaders were on hand to celebrate the opening of a new data center in Liberty Hill by Ubiquity, a private infrastructure investment firm that develops and manages critical communications infrastructure throughout the United States. The data center’s opening kicks off a wave of digital infrastructure improvements aimed at revolutionizing high-speed internet services in the area — and ultimately, all of Central Texas.
What is High Speed Fiber Internet?
The edge data center anchors one of the densest fiber-optic network deployments in the state with enough capacity to support neighboring communities, enterprises and carrier transport for the next 30 years. The facility is also built with sustainability in mind and is equipped with natural gas generators, making it greener than most edge facilities deployed. Providing significant security and redundancy, Ubiquity’s deployment is monitored 24/7 by a network operations center and offers a landing point for any requested local storage and computing. The center connects to major data centers in Austin, Houston and Dallas.
The center’s first tenant is FiberFirst, a Texas-based internet service provider that — using Ubiquity’s open access network — will provide multi-gigabit speeds to residents and businesses across Williamson County.
“Ubiquity remains focused on providing next-generation, last-mile connectivity to high-growth communities,” said Ubiquity Managing Director Greg Dial. “We have seen how digital infrastructure investment transforms communities and are proud to showcase this continued investment in Santa Rita Ranch and the surrounding area.”
Being home to such innovation fits snugly into the vision of Santa Rita Ranch, a community whose ranch code encourages residents to “blaze your own trail” (Ranch Code No. 7). And it’s not the first time Santa Rita Ranch is making a difference. From the beginning, the developer has donated $1,000 for each home sold to an education fund that — at build-out — could top $10 million.
With so much innovation, a host of world-class amenities, numerous onsite schools and — of course — beautiful homes, it’s no wonder Santa Rita Ranch is the Austin area’s top-selling community for three years running!
