Exclusive: Mercury Access, Ramapo forge strategic alliance to boost US digital infrastructure expansion

Revealed from Reston, Virginia and South Hackensack, New Jersey, the partnership brings together Mercury Access’s executive advisory, capital access and telecoms sector expertise with Ramapo’s two decades of construction, maintenance and project management capabilities.

Ramapo delivers FTTx builds, data centre connectivity, wireless equipment installations and EV charging site development, primarily east of the Mississippi, operating from its New Jersey headquarters with a dedicated fibre division in Missouri.

The companies said the alliance is designed to scale Ramapo’s platform in response to accelerating demand for AI-driven data centre and edge connectivity, metro and rural fibre rollouts, EV infrastructure expansion and copper retirement programmes.

The collaboration will also explore selective acquisitions to consolidate a fragmented contractor market, positioning Ramapo to gain share as operators invest in network upgrades and energy transition initiatives.

“We believe that Ramapo is well poised to gain share across numerous Digital Infrastructure projects that we see at Mercury and are excited to work with Joe and his team. The positive trends in AI data centre growth, FTTx, EV station expansion, and even telco copper mining are right in Ramapo’s wheelhouse.

Together, we aim to accelerate Ramapo’s capabilities through relationships and resources that Mercury can bring to the table given our TMT network reach,” said Peter D. Aquino, founder and managing partner of Mercury Access.

“Collaborating with Mercury Access allows us to leverage their deep industry roots and proven track record in value creation. We look forward to a productive relationship that can literally double or triple the size of Ramapo in the near term, given the growth strategies and resources already in play with Pete and his partners at Mercury”, said Joe Balducci, founder and CEO of Ramapo.

The announcement follows Mercury Access’s recent alliance with Extracta Group, focused on copper network decommissioning and asset recovery, reinforcing its strategy of building complementary partnerships across the digital infrastructure value chain.

Metro Connect USA: Tracking trends, deals & industry leadership