Cost Effective Carrier-Grade AI Services Built on Photons First Infrastructure
Lightboard delivers a focused set of carrier-grade services for high-capacity optical networks, deployed within interconnection-engineered Lightboard facilities. Designed around a Photons First philosophy, services span installation, operations, and interconnection and are grounded in rigorous physical-layer engineering, standards-aligned workflows, and complete documentation—ensuring networks operate efficiently, perform as designed, and scale without ambiguity.
Photons First is an engineering philosophy that prioritizes optical signal integrity across the entire physical path—designing infrastructure around how light behaves, not around equipment or administrative boundaries.
Network Edge Colocation
Colocation Designed Around Interconnection and Optical Performance
Network Edge Colocation provides infrastructure designed for networks deploying at the optical edge. Quarter-, half-, and full-cabinet deployments offer direct access to high-performance interconnection, power delivery, air or liquid cooling, generator-backed power, and options for private cages or secure suites as deployments scale.
Spliced Fiber Network-to-Network Interconnects (SFNNI)
Permanent, Low-Loss Network-to-Network Optical Interconnection
SFNNI delivers permanent, fusion-spliced network-to-network interconnection engineered to preserve optical margin across the full path. By eliminating intermediate connector interfaces, SFNNI achieves exceptionally low end-to-end loss and long-term stability supporting critical traffic and Raman-ready optical systems.
Fiber Optic Test & Inspection
Standards-Based Inspection and Certification for Optical Networks
Professional inspection and testing with Tier 1 and Tier 2 certification. Secure, scheduled remote customer access to test equipment is available for validation and diagnostics.
Engineer Remote Hands
Facility-Aware Execution
Trained, site-familiar personnel operating within Lightboard standards and documentation systems.
Network Timing
Deterministic Time at the Optical Edge
NTP and PTP timing services engineered for transport, mobile, and edge architectures, delivered within tightly controlled optical and regeneration boundaries for microsecond-accurate distribution.
DDI Hosting
Control-Plane Infrastructure Delivered at the Optical Edge
Enterprise DNS, DHCP, and IPAM delivered as a managed control-plane service at the optical edge, providing low-latency response, deterministic behavior, and carrier-grade availability for interconnected networks.
About American IX Internet Exchange
American IX is a neutral Internet Exchange operated within Lightboard facilities, providing low-latency regional traffic exchange with transparent economics. Built on the same Photons First principles, American IX delivers sub-millisecond peering with simplified BGP operations and access to growing regional ecosystems.
Build Your Next Facility Route With Photons First
Let’s engineer your next route and neutral central office together. Tell us where you need capacity or reach, and we’ll design a Raman Ready, carrier-grade solution that fits your network and your budget. No retrofits. No hidden costs. Photons first.