January 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM UTCUpdated on January 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM UTCAlphabet Inc.’s Google is in talks with Radiate, a broadband operator backed by Stonepeak Partners, to set up a joint venture that would hold the companies’ fiber assets, as demand for high-speed connectivity soars amid the surge in AI and other data-intensive applications. The new entity would include GFiber, which is Google’s fiber optic Internet service, and Radiate’s business, which is also known as Astound, according ...