Phoenix and Querétaro
have never been closer.

A single 2,500 km dark fiber route. One owner. One operator. Built for the next decade of cross-border capacity.

Total route
2,500km
Amplification sites
32ILAs
Fiber strands
288F
Target RTT
~35ms
The route

One network. Two countries. A single end-to-end operator — no handoffs.

A continuous fiber path from Phoenix to Querétaro, owned and operated by C3ntro on both sides of the border. No partner segments. No third-party splices within the SLA chain. 32 amplification sites between the endpoints, average spacing ≈ 78 km.

2,500 km · 32 ILAs · 288 F · ~35 ms RTT
+1,750km
of dark fiber already installed in the ground
Route PHX → QRO · 2,500 km · Estimated service Q4 2026
In Mexico2,150km
In USA350km
Total route2,500km
Amplification sites32ILAs
Fiber strands288F
Target RTT~35ms

The 32 ILAs along the corridor.
Distance from the previous site.

  • 33Eloy87 km
  • 32Tucson105 km
  • 31Nogales113 km
  • 30Magdalena de Kino100 km
  • 29Los Chinos100 km
  • 28Hermosillo104 km
  • 27Los Arrieros118 km
  • 26Guaymas37 km
  • 25Vícam96 km
  • 24Cd. Obregón59 km
  • 23Navojoa79 km
  • 22V. Carranza94 km
  • 21Los Mochis81 km
  • 20Guasave75 km
  • 19Tierra Blanca66 km
  • 18Culiacán86 km
  • 17Higueras85 km
  • 16Coyotitán87 km
  • 15Mazatlán94 km
  • 14Santa Lucía69 km
  • 13El Salto90 km
  • 12Durango101 km
  • 11Amado Nervo60 km
  • 10Sombrerete74 km
  • 09El Sauz53 km
  • 08Víctor Rosales98 km
  • 07San Pedro Piedra Gorda92 km
  • 06Aguascalientes99 km
  • 05Lagos de Moreno86 km
  • 04León49 km
  • 03Irapuato69 km
  • 02Celaya90 km
— Tikva · PHX → QRO 2,500 km dark fiber · 32 ILAs · 288 strands
Inside an ILA

32 ILAs along the line.

Every amplification site is hardened, climate-controlled, dual-fed, and monitored in real time from our NOCs. The optical layer never has a bad day — the photons just keep moving.

ILA #18 · Culiacán · 24.8° N 2N AC+DC · N+1 GEN · 72 h FUEL
Power2N AC + DC plant 48 VDC
BackupN+1 generators 72 h fuel autonomy
CoolingPrecision HVAC, N+1 18–24 °C
SecurityPerimeter fence · IR + thermal CCTV Dual-factor access
Footprint~30 m² shelter Concrete pad · ballistic skin
Average spacing≈ 78 km between ILAs
ODF + Meet-Me-Room · At every ILA

Where the route becomes a port.

Inside each ILA, all 288 strands terminate at the ODF. Every ILA includes a dedicated Meet-Me-Room with customer rack space just one jumper away. Place your equipment in the adjacent MMR and connect to the network with a single jumper — one-hop interconnection, no external plant cable needed.

Termination288 strands per ODF 32 ILAs · full route
Meet-Me-RoomCustomer rack space at every ILA 19" rack units available
Cross-connect≤ 30 m jumper ODF → MMR LC-LC or LC-SC
ConnectorLC/UPC SC/APC on request
Splice trays12-strand heat-shrink Color-coded
IL per connector≤ 0.20 dB typical ≤ 0.30 dB max
Return loss≥ 50 dB UPC · ≥ 60 dB APC
Form factor19" rack · 12U chassis
288 F · LC/UPC · 12U Customer rack space ready
Below the surface

100% underground infrastructure.

End-to-end buried conduit, with shotcrete-stabilized walls in complex terrain. Engineered to operate reliably for the next three decades.

1.20 m depth · 15 cm width 100% buried · Shotcrete
Depth1.2 m typical 1.5 m at crossings
Wall finishProjected shotcrete In unstable or collapsible ground
Right-of-wayPrivate + concession Full permits in place
Marker densityEvery 200 m Georeferenced
Geo intelligenceGIS asset database OTDR baseline per span
The duct bank

Growth capacity provisioned from day one.

Two backbone HDPE conduits plus a seven-way microduct bundle. Designed to scale without additional civil work: two lit paths from launch, seven reserved for expansion, dedicated customer builds, and physical diversity.

2× HDPE 1¼" + 7-way FuturePath
2 + 79 independent paths · single construction
Main conduits2 × Smoothwall HDPE 1¼" SDR-11
Microducts1 × FuturePath, 7-way 18 / 14 mm
Total fiber paths9 independent paths
Internal liningSILICORE® ULF · µ = 0.07 60% less friction
Depth1.2 m typical · 1.5 m at crossings
StandardsASTM F-2160 · D-3350 · GR-3155
Prysmian FlexTube · BendBright Fiber

Low loss. Low latency. Long reach.

Prysmian FlexTube loose-tube cable with BendBright G.652.D + G.657.A1 single-mode fiber. Selected for hyperscale and ultra-long-haul coherent transport. The glass is built for what you'll send through it in 2030, not 2015.

≤ 0.19dB/km
Attenuation @ 1550
288F
Strands
~35ms
Target RTT
800Gb/λ
Max wavelengths
CablePrysmian FlexTube 288 F loose-tube Non-armored
FiberBendBright G.652.D + G.657.A1 Low bend-loss single-mode
Attenuation≤ 0.34 / 0.34 / 0.19 / 0.21 dB/km @ 1310 / 1383 / 1550 / 1625 nm
Mode field diameter10.1 ± 0.5 µm @ 1550 nm
Chromatic dispersion≤ 18 ps/(nm·km) @ 1550 nm
PMD coefficient≤ 0.10 ps/√km PMDQ ≤ 0.04 ps/√km
Cut-off wavelength≤ 1260 nm (λcc)
Wavelengths100 / 400 / 800 Gb/λ Multi-Tb/s, ROADM-ready
StandardsIEC/EN 60793-2-50 B-652.D / B-657.A1 ISO/IEC 11801 OS2
288F · 12 loose tubes · 24F per tube G.652.D + G.657.A1 · ≤ 0.19 dB/km
At the splice

Splice loss below industry standard.

Every fusion splice is measured bi-directionally and held at ≤0.10 dB. The link budget belongs to your traffic, not to network construction.

Handhole with pressurized closure
≤ 0.10dB max loss per splice
MethodCore-aligned fusion splice Plasma arc · 1850 °C
ClosurePressurized · gel seal Re-enterable
Testing disciplineOTDR in both directions 1310 & 1550 nm · signed per splice
Splice density≤ 1 splice per 4 km on average
EquipmentFujikura fusion splicer Core-aligned plasma arc
Open for business

Four ways to ride Tikva.

Dark fiber is the core. Colocation at ILAs, lit wavelengths, and cross-connects at the landings are the natural extensions — each with the same single-carrier signature.

01 · Primary

Dark Fiber

Buy the glass, light your own spectrum.

Fiber pair leases and IRUs along the full 2,500 km route. Single-carrier ownership from Phoenix to Querétaro — one contract, one SLA, one operations team. Tail-to-tail diversity available via the dedicated border crossing in Nogales.

288F
Available strands
G.652.D + G.654.E
Fiber type
≤ 0.18 dB/km
Attenuation
Reserve fiber
02 · At every ILA

Colocation

32 edge sites between two metros.

Cabinet space at every amplification site between PHX and QRO. Each ILA is hardened, dual-powered 2N, climate-controlled, and monitored 24/7 from our NOCs. Place your edge compute, satellite gateway, or content node anywhere along the corridor.

32 sites
Colocation footprints
2N
AC + DC power
78 km
Average spacing
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03 · Lit Services

Wavelengths & capacity

Lambdas, ready to light.

When you don't want to operate the optics yourself: 100, 400, and 800 Gb wavelengths on clean spectrum, coherent-ready. Landing sites with ROADM. Provisioning measured in days, not quarters.

100/400/800 Gb/λ
Channel sizes
Multi-Tb/s
Per fiber · ROADM-ready
~35 ms
End-to-end RTT
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04 · Cross-connects

NNI & landings

Where the cloud meets ground.

Hand-off to hyperscalers, cloud on-ramps, and major IXs at the Phoenix and Querétaro landing campuses. Bring your traffic and we'll deliver it directly into AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Partner Interconnect, and Equinix Fabric.

4 diverse
Entries per DC (QRO)
3 diverse
Entries per DC (PHX)
24/7
Bilingual NOC + SOC
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Tikva · 2,500 km · 32 ILAs · 288 F

From Phoenix to Querétaro, on a single carrier's word.

Open for hyperscale traffic, satellite gateways, and Tier-1 carriers. Estimated service Q4 2026.