Bluebird Fiber conducts acquisition

Bluebird Fiber has expanded its footprint through the acquisition of a Cleveland, Ohio, company.

Kansas City-based Bluebird, which operates a data center in Springfield Underground, has purchased Everstream, which operates a roughly 25,000 route mile fiber network serving Midwestern business customers. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in a March 6 news release.

"We are thrilled to complete the transaction to acquire Everstream, combining two great networks to benefit businesses across the Midwest. Everstream’s dedicated employees and network are completely complementary to Bluebird Fiber,” Bluebird Fiber CEO Jason W. Adkins said in the release. “I am proud to say the networks are already connected and customers can place orders between any two points on the combined network starting today."

Everstream has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings with the acquisition.

With Everstream's operations, Bluebird now has 36,000 route miles of fiber, according to the release. Its network now spans from Kansas to Ohio and north to the Canadian border.

Bluebird in 2014 bought the SpringNet Underground data center from City Utilities of Springfield, according to past reporting.