Which city became the first Google Fiber location in 2012?

Kansas City became the first Google Fiber location in 2012.

Google selected Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, for its initial high-speed fiber deployment after a competition among communities. The service offered gigabit internet access and, in its early plans, television service as well.

The project began after Google announced in 2010 that it would build experimental fiber networks in selected communities. Kansas City was chosen in 2011, and customers began receiving service in 2012. The cross-state metropolitan area made the launch notable because Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, are separate municipalities.

People sometimes answer Austin because Google Fiber expanded there soon afterward. Austin was an early expansion market, but it was not the first location. Google Fiber later expanded to additional American cities and changed its product strategy toward broadband service.