Groundbreaking Held For Facebook Broadband Project In West Virginia

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) – A groundbreaking has been held on Facebook’s plan to expand broadband internet in West Virginia.
Gov. Jim Justice, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and others attended a ceremony Monday in Beckley.
Facebook is building a fiber optic cable network in a portion of West Virginia through a subsidiary, Middle Mile Infrastructure. The New River Project is part of the company’s larger efforts to install cable from Virginia to Ohio through the Kanawha Valley.
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