by Kanishk Raghuvanshi , Francesco Barosi and Andrej Danis
Fiber infrastructure has been hailed as the "railroad of the future." It serves as the nervous system of new information era by connecting homes and businesses with an ever-increasing demand for high bandwidth and low latency communication.
Investment in U.S. fiber infrastructure is anticipated to exceed $125 billion over the next five years, as organizations open their wallets to build out the communication infrastructure. According to AlixPartners' analysis, private equity groups are among those identifying the sector's prospects, making multiple fiber-related acquisitions over the past two years.