Delaware Co. dashes for fiber network cash - Business First of Columbus:

When Motorists Insurance Group in May disclosed plans to build a $14 million, 18,000-square-foot data center in New Albany, Gus Comstock realized Delaware County was missing a weapon in its economic development arsenal.

“We’ve been talking to companies about moving to Delaware, and fiber (optic cable) keeps coming up again and again,” said the county’s economic development chief and former director of economic development for the city of Delaware. “We just can’t compete...”