Crown Castle International

Crown Castle International is a leading provider of infrastructure for wireless communications, owning and operating approximately 40,000 cell towers and over 90,000 route miles of fiber in the United States. The company offers extensive wireless coverage, serving 92 of the top 100 U.S. markets and a significant portion of the Australian population. Crown Castle leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, who install equipment to enhance their networks, while its fiber assets support small-cell infrastructure and enterprise connections. With a concentrated customer base, about 75% of the company’s revenue derives from the three major U.S. mobile carriers. Crown Castle is dedicated to fostering community relationships, collaborating with local stakeholders to develop tailored connectivity solutions that address evolving technological needs. Their initiatives aim to contribute to smarter, safer communities, reflecting their commitment to responsible corporate citizenship through programs like Connected by Good.

W. Benjamin Moreland

Executive Vice Chairman

Steven Moskowitz

CEO

James Young

COO, Operations and Executive Vice President

16 past transactions

Vapor IO

Series C in 2020
Vapor IO, Inc. specializes in hyper modular data center solutions, focusing on edge computing and interconnection facilities. The company offers a range of products, including Kinetic Edge Exchange for low-latency data exchange, Kinetic Edge colocation for integrating multiple micro data centers, and Kinetic Edge Fabric for enhanced networking capabilities. Additionally, Vapor IO provides OpenDCRE, an open-source API for data center monitoring and management, and Vapor CORE for optimizing data center services with advanced analytics. Their Vapor Chamber represents a compact data center solution, while Vapor Edge is designed for building IoT and edge environments. The company's Project Volutus supports cloud providers and wireless carriers in delivering edge computing applications through a network of micro data centers situated at cell tower sites. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Vapor IO serves a diverse clientele, including wireless carriers, cloud providers, and web-scale companies, with a focus on expanding its infrastructure across major markets.

Vapor IO

Series C in 2018
Vapor IO, Inc. specializes in hyper modular data center solutions, focusing on edge computing and interconnection facilities. The company offers a range of products, including Kinetic Edge Exchange for low-latency data exchange, Kinetic Edge colocation for integrating multiple micro data centers, and Kinetic Edge Fabric for enhanced networking capabilities. Additionally, Vapor IO provides OpenDCRE, an open-source API for data center monitoring and management, and Vapor CORE for optimizing data center services with advanced analytics. Their Vapor Chamber represents a compact data center solution, while Vapor Edge is designed for building IoT and edge environments. The company's Project Volutus supports cloud providers and wireless carriers in delivering edge computing applications through a network of micro data centers situated at cell tower sites. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Vapor IO serves a diverse clientele, including wireless carriers, cloud providers, and web-scale companies, with a focus on expanding its infrastructure across major markets.

Vapor IO

Series B in 2017
Vapor IO, Inc. specializes in hyper modular data center solutions, focusing on edge computing and interconnection facilities. The company offers a range of products, including Kinetic Edge Exchange for low-latency data exchange, Kinetic Edge colocation for integrating multiple micro data centers, and Kinetic Edge Fabric for enhanced networking capabilities. Additionally, Vapor IO provides OpenDCRE, an open-source API for data center monitoring and management, and Vapor CORE for optimizing data center services with advanced analytics. Their Vapor Chamber represents a compact data center solution, while Vapor Edge is designed for building IoT and edge environments. The company's Project Volutus supports cloud providers and wireless carriers in delivering edge computing applications through a network of micro data centers situated at cell tower sites. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Vapor IO serves a diverse clientele, including wireless carriers, cloud providers, and web-scale companies, with a focus on expanding its infrastructure across major markets.

Wilcon

Acquisition in 2017
Wilcon is the premier West Coast provider of best-in-class fiber and data center infrastructure solutions helping to enable the digital future of their service provider and enterprise customers. Their customers leverage their wholly-owned and operated fiber optic network to gain access to the most powerful combination of dark and lit fiber, data center and interconnection and capabilities in the region. Founded in 1998, the company continues to experience record growth and profitability and has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing privately held companies.

Fibernet Direct

Acquisition in 2016
FPL FiberNet is a leading provider of end-to-end bandwidth infrastructure services specializing in fiber-optic network solutions that drive stronger business productivity and performance. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., a leading clean energy provider and Fortune 200 company.

FPL FiberNet

Acquisition in 2016
FPL FiberNet is a telecommunications company specializing in network services.

Tower Development

Acquisition in 2016
TDC develops wireless communications infrastructure in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in close partnership with Crown Castle.

Sunesys

Acquisition in 2015
Sunesys is a prominent provider of bandwidth services and private fiber optic networks, operating its own high-density fiber optic infrastructure in major U.S. metropolitan areas. The company specializes in a range of telecommunications services, including switched Ethernet, managed private Ethernet, private wavelength, and dark fiber solutions. Sunesys offers tailored, high-capacity network services, leveraging its industry expertise to deliver exceptional support and service. The company's operations span several states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, and California. As a subsidiary of Quanta Services, Sunesys benefits from a broad network of resources and capabilities in infrastructure development.

TriStar Investors

Acquisition in 2014
Tristar Investors, Inc. operates cell towers for wireless carriers in the United States. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

NextG Networks

Acquisition in 2011
NextG Networks specializes in enhancing mobile wireless infrastructure by designing, building, owning, and operating Distributed Antenna System (DAS) networks. These networks are tailored to improve wireless performance by providing increased voice quality, better call handling, reduced dropped calls, enhanced mobile coverage, faster file transfers, and superior video quality. NextG balances the aesthetic preferences of communities with the performance requirements of wireless carriers, utilizing innovative fiber-optic architecture and low-impact equipment. Their networks are protocol and frequency neutral, accommodating a range of wireless technologies and standards. Serving residential, urban, and challenging zoning areas across the United States, NextG Networks caters to various wireless carriers, ensuring improved connectivity and user experience.

NewPath Networks

Acquisition in 2010
NewPath Networks is a company that was acquired by Crown Castle in 2010.

Global Signal

Acquisition in 2007
Global Signal is a prominent owner and operator of wireless communication towers and related structures in the United States, primarily focusing on the southeastern and mid-Atlantic regions. The company manages a diverse portfolio of communication sites, which serve various clients, including wireless service providers, government agencies, private network operators, and broadcasters. Global Signal's communication sites support a broad spectrum of services, such as wireless telephony, mobile radio, paging, broadcasting, and data services. By providing essential infrastructure for these communications, Global Signal plays a crucial role in enabling connectivity across multiple platforms.

Mountain Union Telecom

Acquisition in 2006
Mountain Union Telecom is a Telecommunications company.

Fibertower

Series A in 2005
FiberTower Corporation is a provider of facilities-based backhaul services to wireless carriers across the United States. The company specializes in the transport of voice, video, and data traffic from mobile base stations to mobile switching centers using a combination of wireless spectrum assets and fiber-optic relationships. FiberTower constructs and operates high-capacity hybrid microwave and fiber networks, offering diverse transport solutions based on protocols such as time division multiplexing, SONET, and Ethernet. As of early 2011, the company served over 6,000 billing customer locations across 13 markets, including major cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and New York. FiberTower is recognized as a leader in millimeter band fixed wireless technology, often referred to as "wireless fiber," and it provides spectrum leases along with backhaul and equipment services in its licensed areas. The company maintains strong relationships with mobile carriers and various industry stakeholders and engages in significant research and development initiatives. Headquartered in San Francisco, FiberTower operates as a subsidiary of AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC.

GoldenState Towers

Acquisition in 2004
GoldenState Towers was acquired by Crown Castle International Corp. GoldenState Towers owns and operates wireless telecommunications towers in the western United States. It provides collocations services to various carriers. GoldenState Towers was formerly known as Central Wireless Partnership.
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