California Dreaming: Intrepid Fiber To Acquire Ubiquity Network In San Diego County

California dreaming: Intrepid Fiber to acquire Ubiquity network in San Diego County

Open access infrastructure provider Intrepid Fiber Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ubiquity’s southern California network.

Assuming the deal closes, Intrepid will gain 35,000 fiber passings in the San Diego County communities of Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, and Oceanside. The company currently has active fiber construction in Corona, Riverside, Vista, and San Marcos. This would give Intrepid, which is a Brookfield Infrastructure portfolio company, more than 100,000 home and business passings in the region.

Details of the acquisition, which is expected to close late this year, were not disclosed. Ubiquity’s southern California network employees will transition to Intrepid, according to the press release. 

“This transaction accelerates our California strategy and is a natural complement to the construction we already have underway in the state,” Intrepid CEO Jack Waters said in the press release. 

“We are adding a well-engineered, in-service network with an established customer base, durable municipal relationships and a proven open-access deployment, doing so in a market our team knows well. Our objective from here is to integrate and scale the network.” 

The Ubiquity purchase is part of Intrepid Fiber’s ongoing California expansion plans. Last December, Intrepid announced its initial expansion to California. On June 16, Intrepid announced plans to expand to Corona and Riverside. At the time, the company said the goal was to bring symmetrical, multi gigabit service to more than 50,000 homes and businesses. 

Intrepid also is active in Colorado. In May 2025, the company announced the acquisition of the network assets in Thornton and Greenwood Village. This added 65,000 passings to the company’s Colorado footprint.

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