More network. Less footprint. MetroVault moves carrier-grade telecom, fiber, backup, and edge equipment below grade — so the surface stays usable and service still happens at grade.
Physical infrastructure platform
MetroVault moves carrier-grade telecom, fiber, backup, and edge equipment below grade — so the surface stays usable and service still happens at grade.
The constraint
The network need isn'tthe problem. The site is.
Networks are getting denser
Coverage, capacity, fiber aggregation, backup, and future edge nodes all need more distributed physical equipment, closer to users.
The surface is already full
Parking, sidewalks, rooftops, tower compounds, and rights-of-way are crowded, expensive, and politically sensitive. There's no room for another cabinet.
So good locations fail in reality
Sites that look right on an RF map die on ground space, rooftop load, landlord resistance, aesthetics, or permitting. The need was never the issue — the placement was.
How it works
Move the equipment down.Keep the service at grade.
A sealed vault holds the support equipment below grade. A retractable lift raises it back to grade for service — no descent, no confined space.
- Underground placement — reduced visible footprint.
- Drive-over surface — parking and access preserved.
- Lift to grade — safer, simpler service.
- Sealed enclosure — weather, impact, and vandalism protection.
Who it's for
One site. The same line.A different stake on each side.
Make hard-to-deploy sites deployable
Carriers & site acquisition
“The RF location can be right and the site can still fail — on ground space, rooftop load, landlord resistance, or permitting.”
- More viable candidates inside constrained search rings.
- Fewer dead-end sites caused by equipment placement.
- Better landlord conversations — less parking, clutter, and rooftop disruption.
- Rooftop sites stay feasible when support equipment moves off the roof.
FIRST SITE · Bring 3–5 failed or difficult sites where the blocker is physical, not RF.
Full brief →Applications
Depth in the platform.Focus in the deployment.
Constrained RF sites
Turn hard-to-deploy search-ring locations into viable candidates.
Tower expansion
Add equipment capacity where the compound has no room to grow.
Rooftop optimization
Keep antennas up; move radios, power, and batteries off the roof.
BBU / equipment hotels
Centralize and conceal support equipment for small-cell clusters.
Backup & resiliency
Protect critical nodes from weather, impact, and surface disruption.
Fiber aggregation
A protected, serviceable home for urban fiber and power nodes.
The platform has depth. Deployment starts with the use cases closest to a real, repeatable sale. All applications →
From conversation to deployment
It starts with onedifficult site.
Site review
Bring a real constrained location. We screen the physical blocker.
Fit screen
Ground space, surface use, access, power, fiber, landlord, permitting.
Site layout
A site-specific concept: equipment placement and preserved surface.
Pilot
One vault, one site, one reference — scope, budget, owners defined.
Repeatable
Template the layout, pricing, and approvals across similar sites.
Best next step
Send us one difficult site.
We'll tell you whether moving the equipment below grade makes it deployable — preserving the surface, the sightlines, and the operational requirements.