Enterprise Network & Coverage Maps
DCN is engineered for organizations with mission-critical infrastructure demands—commercial enterprises, wholesale carriers, government entities, and hyperscalers. When downtime is a direct operational cost, DCN delivers pure, 100% fiber optic performance with engineered redundancy.Explore our interactive maps below to view our statewide North Dakota fiber footprint and our expansive regional route diversity.
STATEWIDE COVERAGE: NORTH DAKOTA FIBER NETWORK
DCN’s 100% fiber optic backbone connects more of North Dakota than any other provider. Built in partnership with 15 local independent owner companies, our network spans over 70,000 miles of fiber to deliver redundant, high-capacity connectivity to communities across the entire state.
Complete Local Coverage: View service territories and transport routes managed by DCN and owner companies across North Dakota.
Metro Fiber & Data Centers: Detailed fiber rings across Bismarck, Fargo, and Grand Forks metro areas, plus direct connections to our locally owned, Tier III Data Centers in Bismarck and Fargo.
Gigabit Communities: High-speed network nodes serving key business hubs and municipal centers statewide.
NATIONAL REACH: HEARTLAND FIBER PROJECT & WHOLESALE MAP
Enterprise data demands require seamless connections to national markets. The Heartland Fiber Project delivers an independent, high-capacity optical route connecting North Dakota directly to primary national internet hubs—including Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, and Cheyenne.
Engineered for hyperscalers and wholesale carriers, this multi-terabit infrastructure provides vital geographic diversity, sub-50ms failover protection, and direct access to major carrier-neutral interconnection facilities (including 511 Building and Cologix in Minneapolis).
Heartland Route Diversity: Dedicated long-haul fiber paths engineered to bypass major network bottlenecks and eliminate third-party lease dependencies.
National Interconnects: Extended network partnerships offering seamless bandwidth scaling to major national and international carrier hubs.
Dark Fiber & Wave Solutions: Unlit fiber strands and high-capacity wavelength transport tailored for custom enterprise deployments.
Why organizations choose dcn.
There’s no standard package. Every business runs differently. A bank with eight branches needs something different than a hospital system or a hyperscaler planning a data center.
Here’s why our customers trust us.
99.999%
Engineered uptime.
The five nines.
70,000+ miles
Of fiber across North
Dakota and beyond.
100%
Fiber network.
No workarounds.
Ready to Scope Your Network?
Whether you need multi-site Carrier Ethernet across North Dakota or high-capacity wave transport across the Heartland route, our sales engineers will build a solution to match your exact throughput requirements.