Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Jobs and Increased Fiber Manufacturing in Georgia

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Assistant Secretary of Commerce Alan Davidson will travel to OFS’s headquarters in Norcross (GA) with Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) to celebrate the announcement of new jobs and increased domestic production of optical fiber and fiber optic cable thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. As a result of the Build America, Buy America Act and the Internet for All programs, OFS has announced it will create 100 jobs, including union jobs, and expand its US production of fiber for use in connecting locations across the US to reliable high-speed Internet service. In February 2024, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced the majority of fiber broadband equipment for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program—including optical fiber, fiber optic cable, key electronics, and enclosures—will be made in the United States.