What Digital Infrastructure Group does

Digital Infrastructure Group (DIG) is a private North American fiber broadband infrastructure project developer founded in 2020 and headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada (operating as Digital Infrastructure Group North America). The firm specializes in the full lifecycle of FTTP (fiber-to-the-premise) networks — developing, designing, building, financing, maintaining, and operating broadband infrastructure — structured as either public-private partnerships or privately funded projects. Its core technology is open-access FTTP infrastructure, in which DIG builds and operates the physical fiber network while enabling multiple internet service providers to deliver services over the same asset.

DIG's business model blends project development, managed services, and recurring wholesale revenue. It finances projects through a multi-toolkit capital stack that combines public contributions, infrastructure private equity (notably Meridiam, co-owner of its Alberta Broadband Networks joint venture), and municipal revenue bonds sourced via strategic brokerage partners. Revenue streams include project development fees, ongoing network operations fees, and wholesale access fees from ISPs. The company sells primarily to municipalities and local governments via competitive RFPs, and monetizes infrastructure through wholesale agreements with carriers (AT&T, announced 2024-09-09) and other ISPs. Its flagship operational asset, Alberta Broadband Networks, is a jointly controlled JV with Meridiam addressing approximately 45,000 premises across Alberta communities, with construction beginning in 2022 and customer service starting in 2023. The company also operates in Maryland, where it has helped coordinate public-private broadband expansion.

Name

Digital Infrastructure Group

Legal name

Digital Infrastructure Group North America

Website

https://diginfragroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Digital Infrastructure Group is a private North American fiber broadband infrastructure developer that designs, builds, finances, and operates open-access FTTP networks via public-private partnerships, serving municipalities, ISPs, and end-user communities across Canada and the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond Hill

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Infrastructure Project Finance: DIG develops, designs, builds, finances, maintains, and operates fiber broadband infrastructure through public-private partnerships or privately funded projects. Revenue is generated through project development fees, ongoing network operations, and wholesale access arrangements with ISPs.
2. Wholesale Fiber Access: Wholesale access agreements with carriers like AT&T enable DIG to monetize fiber networks by allowing multiple service providers to offer broadband services over DIG's infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Digital Infrastructure Group is a fiber broadband infrastructure project developer that develops, designs, builds, finances, maintains, and operates FTTP (fiber-to-the-premise) networks across North America. Projects are structured as public-private partnerships or privately funded infrastructure, enabling municipalities, ISPs, and end-user communities to access wholesale open-access fiber infrastructure. The company provides integrated capital markets, telecommunications, and engineering/construction expertise to deliver utility-scale broadband infrastructure.

Product overview

Digital Infrastructure Group operates as a fiber infrastructure project developer offering a multi-toolkit of financing options for FTTP (fiber-to-the-premise) network development. The company's core service encompasses developing, designing, building, financing, maintaining, and operating fiber broadband infrastructure through public-private partnerships and privately funded projects. The primary product is their infrastructure development services, with Alberta Broadband Networks (a joint venture with Meridiam) serving as a specific project addressing approximately 45,000 premises in Alberta, Canada. DIG combines public contributions with private equity investor capital and offers municipal revenue-bond options through strategic brokerage partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fiber Infrastructure Development (FTTP Project Development Services) End-to-end fiber broadband infrastructure project development service for municipalities, governments, and ISPs across North America. Activities span developing, designing, building, financing, maintaining, and operating FTTP (fiber-to-the-premise) networks structured as public-private partnerships or privately funded projects. DIG combines infrastructure project finance (public contributions, private equity, and municipal revenue-bond options) with telecom engineering and construction execution to deliver utility-scale broadband infrastructure.
• Alberta Broadband Networks A multi-municipality fiber optic broadband infrastructure project in Alberta, Canada jointly owned by global infrastructure investor Meridiam and Digital Infrastructure Group, addressing approximately 45,000 premises. The project enables multiple ISPs to deliver reliable fiber broadband services to communities, closing the digital divide with infrastructure designed to be sustainable for the next 100 years. DIG partnered with the Town of Vermilion and the City of Beaumont after winning competitive RFPs.

Quantifiable outcome

• $4 million in cost savings for Maryland fiber project compared to typical costs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AT&TcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 9 September 2024AT&T announced wholesale agreements with DIG as one of four open-access fiber providers to expand fiber distribution to new service areas. The agreements enable AT&T to offer fiber services in geographies beyond its existing network footprint without capital-intensive buildouts. DIG provides the open-access infrastructure while AT&T resells services to end customers.
• Town of VermilioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIG partnered with the Town of Vermilion after winning a competitive RFP to develop fiber broadband infrastructure for the rural Alberta community. The partnership demonstrates DIG's public-private partnership model with municipal governments.
• City of BeaumontcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIG partnered with the City of Beaumont after winning a competitive RFP for high-speed internet project development. This municipal partnership is part of DIG's strategy to bring fiber broadband to Alberta communities through public-private collaboration.
• State of MarylandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaryland's Digital Infrastructure Group (DIG) works to expand broadband access by coordinating projects among public and private partners. DIG helped secure a $250,000 grant for a fiber project expected to cost the state nearly $4 million less than typical projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SiFi Networks: SiFi Networks is a direct comparable: it funds, builds, and operates open-access FTTH networks for municipalities and ISPs on a wholesale model very similar to DIG's Alberta Broadband Networks and PPP structure.
• Zayo Group: Zayo operates wholesale dark and lit fiber infrastructure sold to carriers and ISPs, mirroring DIG's open-access wholesale fiber monetisation strategy and customer base (carriers such as AT&T).
• MetroNet: MetroNet is a pure-play FTTH builder/operator expanding into underserved and mid-size U.S. markets, directly comparable to DIG's FTTP focus on communities lacking modern broadband.
• Mercury Broadband: Mercury Broadband is a rural-focused fiber and fixed-wireless ISP using project finance and federal funding programs to build FTTH, comparable to DIG's rural/municipal broadband deployment thesis.
• Vexus Fiber: Vexus Fiber builds and operates FTTH networks in smaller U.S. cities and rural regions, sharing DIG's targeting of underserved geographies and PPP-style municipal partnerships.

Emerging players

• Tilson: Tilson is a telecom infrastructure services and construction firm executing large-scale fiber builds; it is comparable as a delivery-side counterpart to DIG's project development model rather than a pure wholesale operator.

Broad incumbents

• Crown Castle: Crown Castle operates fiber and tower digital infrastructure assets across the U.S., overlapping with DIG's open-access fiber strategy but at much larger scale and as part of a broader infrastructure portfolio.
• Frontier Communications: Frontier is a Tier-2 incumbent aggressively expanding rural FTTH across its ILEC footprint, competing with DIG for the same municipal and rural broadband RFPs but with incumbent balance sheet advantages.
• Lumen Technologies: Lumen operates one of the largest U.S. fiber backbones and is pursuing quantum fiber builds in select metros; it competes with DIG's wholesale fiber play in adjacent geographies and through enterprise/customer overlap.
• Consolidated Communications: Consolidated is a rural-focused incumbent fiber operator now backed by Searchlight Capital, competing with DIG for the same underserved, multi-municipality broadband opportunities via its FTTH expansion plan.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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