Communities
Infrastructure nearby isn't infrastructure that arrives.
The Chicago region is full of fiber networks, data centers, carrier networks, research networks and computing. Too much of it passes right by the neighborhoods, schools, clinics and businesses that need it. We carry it the rest of the way.
The gap we close
Being near fiber isn’t the same as being connected.
The fiber is nearby.
Major networks already run through and around Chicago’s neighborhoods.
Getting it to the door is the hard part.
Bringing that capacity into buildings, institutions and homes takes infrastructure most areas don’t have.
Someone has to build it and run it.
That’s NODE. We develop, integrate, operate and maintain it.
Where our work sits
- Regional infrastructure
- Community infrastructure
- Connectivity
- Edge computing
- Advanced networking
- Economic development
Community aggregation
Bring capacity into the community once. Share it everywhere.
We land high-capacity connectivity at a community hub, then distribute it locally. Schools, clinics, housing and businesses share one strong foundation instead of each paying to reach distant networks alone.
One hub serves
- Schools
- Housing
- Businesses
- Healthcare
- Community organizations
- Workforce centers
- Municipal facilities
- Residents
How we grow
One proven model, community after community.
We’re starting in Chicago and the surrounding region. Every community we connect follows the same path: local infrastructure to a community hub, to the NODE core, to regional networks.
Then the communities connect to each other. Each new connection adds capacity, routes and reach for every community already on the network.
Every community we connect makes the whole network stronger.
Community-owned future
Not just online. Part of the digital economy.
Our goal isn’t only to get people connected. It’s to make sure communities take part in, and benefit from, the infrastructure driving the economy, rather than sitting at the end of someone else’s network.
Ownership
Infrastructure that stays rooted in the community it serves.
Access
Capacity that reaches the buildings and people who need it.
Workforce
Jobs and career pathways in building and running networks.
Adoption
Institutions and residents putting technology to work.
Digital infrastructure now underpins
- Education
- Healthcare
- Artificial intelligence
- Workforce development
- Research
- Public services
- Entrepreneurship
- Smart buildings
- Advanced manufacturing
- Digital commerce
- Remote work
- Advanced computing
Economic development
Infrastructure that grows local economies.
When high-capacity infrastructure reaches a community, it does more than connect homes. It becomes a platform that new businesses, employers, researchers and institutions can build on.
- Business development
- Workforce development
- Technology companies
- Research
- Healthcare applications
- Education
- AI
- Edge computing
- Entrepreneurship
- Property development
- Institutional investment
Where we’re headed
A connected network of communities.
Our long-term vision is one interconnected community infrastructure network, supporting connectivity, economic development, research, workforce development and emerging technology across the region.
Working on a community, a corridor or a development?
Municipalities, community organizations, developers and anchor institutions: tell us where, and what the community needs to reach.