<p>Fiber connectivity has quietly become one of the most decisive factors in data center site selection, and the AI buildout is about to make it far more complex. In this episode of The Real Finds Podcast, Gordon Lamphere sits down with Bruce Garrison, CEO of BIG Fiber, one of the leading names in metro dark fiber infrastructure serving the San Francisco Bay Area, Greater Portland, and Greater Atlanta.Bruce brings more than 20 years in the fiber infrastructure industry, including leadership roles at Kansas Fiber Network and GTS Central Europe. BIG Fiber operates a 100% underground network spanning hundreds of route miles and connecting dozens of on-net data centers across its markets.In this conversation, we cover:- Why fiber rings exist and how redundancy underpins data center uptime SLAs- How hyperscaler campuses now demand three to four diverse routes back to interconnect- Why AI inference could multiply data center endpoints tenfold and reshape the map- The shift from a few large campuses to high-volume, distributed, smaller compute sites- Why fiber is the hardest problem to solve once you move outside the urban core- How modular data centers, cell towers, and enterprise buildings become AI infrastructure- What developers, brokers, and communities should understand about the long-term tax and economic case for data centersFor site selectors, developers, and commercial property owners, this is a clear-eyed look at the infrastructure layer most of the market overlooks until it becomes a dealbreaker.Bruce Garrison on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucegarrisonNew episodes of The Real Finds Podcast drop every Wednesday at 3 PM CT on YouTube and Spotify.Van Vlissingen and Co., Chicagoland&#39;s oldest commercial real estate brokerage (founded 1879)Web: https://www.vvco.comPhone: 847-846-6902Email: [email protected]#CommercialRealEstate #DataCenters #DarkFiber #AIInfrastructure #SiteSelection #CRE #DigitalInfrastructure #Hyperscaler</p>