Mynet Telco and STL Partner for Mountain Data Centre Fibre

Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) is partnering with Mynet to deliver next-generation optical solutions for Intacture, a data centre located in the "heart of the mountains" of Trentino, Italy.

The University of Trento serves as scientific leader of the US$59.2m project, with US$21.7m provided by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Italy's strategic plan to modernise the economy.

The funding framework combines public investment with telecoms engineering to support digital infrastructure beyond traditional metropolitan locations.

Mynet, a telecommunications company specialising in high-performance fibre optic networks across Northern Italy, becomes the first operator to activate fibre connectivity at the Intacture facility. The deployment centres on enabling robust data centre connectivity in a geographically complex mountain environment.

The data centre's location demands a solution that ensures both high-performance and long-term reliability without compromising speed of deployment. This balance between speed and durability remains central to infrastructure strategy for operators and colocation providers, particularly where sites sit outside established urban hubs yet support enterprise and AI workloads.

Engineering fibre for a complex environment

Mynet selects STL as technology partner based on its expertise in advanced data centre connectivity solutions and its ability to deliver at pace.

The company provides a state-of-the-art optical fibre solution, including high-fibre-count cable with a compact diameter, meaning a single cable containing a large number of individual optical fibres, enabling greater data capacity within a smaller physical footprint.

For telcos supporting data centre builds, high-fibre-count architecture allows operators to scale bandwidth without increasing duct space. In this case, compact 10-12mm duct systems allow faster and more cost-efficient installations, an important factor as civil works in mountainous terrain present logistical and engineering challenges.

STL's design supports quicker end preparation and simplified handling on site, aiding engineers who operate in constrained and demanding conditions. Faster end preparation reduces the time required to splice and terminate fibre, while simplified handling limits risk during installation across long and uneven routes.

This approach meets stringent performance and scalability requirements. Scalability ensures capacity expands without major redesign, enabling the data centre to support growing traffic volumes linked to cloud computing and AI workloads.

Delivering stability under peak load

The deployment enables Mynet to activate high-capacity, ultra-fast fibre connectivity at the site. Its reported benefits include a 50% reduction in deployment time, a network lifetime of over 15 years and higher network stability under peak load.

Peak load stability is critical for data centre operators as traffic spikes driven by cloud computing and enterprise services place sustained pressure on core infrastructure. Fibre networks that maintain consistent latency and throughput during high utilisation help protect service level agreements and application performance.

By combining Mynet’s local network expertise with STL’s advanced optical fibre solutions, the project establishes a resilient, high-performance digital infrastructure tailored for next-generation data centre infrastructure.

This integration of regional knowledge and specialist optical engineering supports expansion into less conventional geographies while maintaining carrier-grade standards.

Meeting a 60-day challenge

A 60-day delivery window for fibre infrastructure of this scale requires tight alignment between planning and field operations. Maintaining reliability while compressing timelines remains a key consideration for facilities supporting enterprise systems and AI-driven services.

For a telco-led deployment in a mountainous region, a delivery window this short reflects the close coordination between network design and on-site execution.

"We accepted a challenge," says Giovanni Zorzoni, General Manager of Mynet, "to bring high-performance connectivity to this extraordinary infrastructure in less than sixty days.

"With STL's advanced optical fibre solutions, we were able to focus on the design and execution without compromising on reliability or performance.

"The quality, robustness, and ease of deployment of STL's optical fibre solutions enabled us to complete the project at record speed, even in a uniquely demanding environment."

Rahul Puri, CEO of STL's Optical Networking Business, adds: "This collaboration underscores STL's expertise in delivering mission-critical digital infrastructure for data centres.

"By providing scalable, future-ready solutions like multi-core and low-latency fibre, we are helping our customers build resilient networks structurally prepared for an AI-driven future."

Multi-core fibre incorporates multiple cores within a single optical fibre, increasing capacity without expanding physical cable volume.

Low-latency fibre reduces transmission delay, a factor influencing application performance, particularly for AI processing, cloud services and real-time data exchange.

STL positions itself as a global provider of advanced connectivity solutions, delivering end-to-end systems for AI-ready infrastructure, FTTx, rural, enterprise and data centre networks.

At Intacture, fibre connectivity forms the foundation of the facility’s performance profile, linking a mountain-based site to regional and international networks through compact high-capacity cabling designed to operate for more than 15 years.