Bluebird Fiber, the Midwest’s leading business-only fiber network with locations in the Quad Cities, has completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets and operations of Everstream, a 25,000-route-mile fiber network serving business customers in the Midwest.
Based in Kansas City, Bluebird Fiber announced the transaction’s closing in a news release last week.
“We are thrilled to complete the transaction to acquire Everstream, combining two great networks to benefit businesses across the Midwest,” Bluebird Fiber CEO Jason W. Adkins said in a company news release. “Everstream’s dedicated employees and network are completely complementary to Bluebird Fiber. “
“I am proud to say the networks are already connected and customers can place orders between any two points on the combined network starting today,” Mr. Adkins added in the Friday, March 6, release.
Concurrently with the purchase deal’s completion, Everstream emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In August 2025, Bluebird Fiber announced that it had received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas to acquire Everstream’s assets. The agreement was secured through a robust auction process, Bluebird Fiber said at the time.
In the same release last year, Everstream CEO Ken Fitzpatrick said “Our two businesses are highly complementary, underpinned by a shared commitment to speed and reliability, and this transaction will enhance Bluebird Fiber’s ability to deliver world-class network solutions for years to come. … “Our priority will be to ensure a seamless experience for our valued customers and employees.”
Combining the two companies positions Bluebird Fiber with a network that spans from Kansas to Ohio and north to the Canadian border.
According to the latest release, the combined business will operate under the Bluebird Fiber name. Everstream customers will be informed on the details by their Bluebird Fiber representative and can expect the same quality service.
Bluebird footprint
The new combined network now covers more than 36,000 route miles of fiber, and more than 400,000 near net buildings in 12 states that can be connected in less than 90 days.
Bluebird Fiber specializes in enterprise, hyperscale, carrier and government customers that value and need high quality connections. It also operates more than 450 Points of Presence (POPs) in 12 states.
In the Quad Cities, Bluebird has a Quad Cities Data Center in Bettendorf and a POP in downtown Davenport. Still expanding its footprint across Iowa, the next closest market to the Quad Cities is Peoria, Illinois, where it has several POPs. The Quad Cities Data Center is at 2701 Devils Glen Road, Bettendorf.
Since 1999, Bluebird Fiber has provided transport services, dark fiber and voice, via its fiber infrastructure, to carriers, hyperscalers, governments, and enterprise businesses in the Midwest.
To assist in the acquisition transaction, Bluebird enlisted these advisors: Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor; Leo Berwick, financial due diligence and tax advisor; TD Securities served as sole financial advisor; and BSP, technical due diligence advisor.
Everstream’s advisors were: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, legal advisor; Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC, financial advisor; PJT Partners LP, investment banker; Bank Street Group LLC, M&A advisor; and Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special counsel.
