Cross Infrastructure insights

Practical guidance on data centre fibre and network economics.

Plain-English technical and commercial guidance for developers, planners, investors and network operators making UK connectivity decisions.

Guides and explainers

Questions that change the quality of the decision.

Each guide is written from a UK network-operator perspective and focuses on evidence the project team can use.

Future topics

A useful knowledge base, not SEO filler.

Further guidance will be added where it answers a recurring client question or helps a project team make a better decision.

100G and 400G procurementDark fibre commercial modelsData centre meet-me-room strategyCloud on-ramp connectivityCarrier RFI and RFP designFibre civils cost planningWayleave and route riskPOP rationalisationIP transit economicsOperational acceptance

Written from experience

Operator-led guidance by Antony Cross.

Sixteen years across UK fibre architecture, procurement, civils, network operations, HSEQ and infrastructure strategy.

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