Crosslake CEO Mike Cunningham unpacks Terabit Capacity — Crosslake’s newest approach to lit capacity, engineered for organisations with very large bandwidth requirements. In this video, Mike explains how Terabit Capacity gives buyers the scale and economics of dark fibre without the operational burden of equipping and running it end to end.
What is Terabit Capacity?
Terabit Capacity is Crosslake Fibre’s high-bandwidth transport offering designed for carriers, hyperscalers, and enterprises whose capacity requirements have outgrown traditional wavelength or lit services. Built on Crosslake’s owned and operated backbone — running over a Ciena 6500 platform — it provides data centre-to-data centre connectivity with client-side handoffs at 100Gbps and 400Gbps today, scaling to 800Gbps and up to 25Tbps of total capacity.
The benefits of dark fibre — without the complexity.
Dark fibre delivers maximum control, deterministic routing, and unlimited scalability. But it also demands significant capital investment in optical equipment, skilled operational resources, and ongoing network management. Terabit Capacity is designed for buyers who want the commercial and performance characteristics of dark fibre — dedicated capacity, consistent latency, physical route control — without the need to equip and operate the network themselves.
Multiple interface options support both Ethernet and wavelength handoffs, and Crosslake’s carrier-neutral, builder-owned infrastructure means no resellers, no intermediaries, and no shared economics working against you.
Who is it for?
Terabit Capacity is purpose-built for organisations requiring multi-terabit connectivity across Crosslake’s North American and European routes — including carriers consolidating supplier relationships, hyperscalers building out AI and cloud infrastructure, and wholesale buyers seeking improved economics at scale.
