All Data centre articles
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PeoplewatchDigital Infra Peoplewatch: Vorboss resets C-suite; Nscale and GreenScale prep ground for 1GW+ expansions
June 2026 edition: Latest 35+ senior and strategic leadership changes in EMEA digital infra, including a pair of Vorboss veterans jointly taking over the altnet, maincubes recruiting a new finance chief, and Ooredoo appointing General Director of first Middle East tower carve-out.
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Analyst BriefingEMEA Infrawatch: EU’s €300bn data centre gap
Analyst Briefing: Latest on EMEA digital infra, including news of huge investment needs for data centre expansion in the EU, talks between Vodafone and PPC to create scaled fibre challenger in Greece, and blocking of The Netherlands’ Glaspoort from acquiring DELTA Fiber assets.
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Network & InfraSpanish government green lights Telefónica-led Gigafactory bid
Spanish government gives the go-ahead for public-private venture that will lead European AI Gigafactory project. Private shareholders include Telefónica, ACS, and Santander.
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Analyst BriefingEMEA Infrawatch: France fills data centre funding funnel
Analyst Briefing: Latest on EMEA digital infra, including data centre overseers investing billions of euros into new French projects, Starlink competitors seeing mixed progress with satellite expansion, and another round of open access fibre deals in Germany.
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Network & InfraOrange activates Via Tunisia system, continues subsea cable expansion
Operator’s Via Tunisia subsea cable enters ready-for-service mode, as it moves to strengthen connectivity between Europe and Africa. System also supports Orange’s data centre interconnection ambitions…
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Network & InfraEQT raises infrastructure investment stakes amid soaring demand for power and data centres
Swedish private equity behemoth sets target for new infra fund after reiterating strategy to invest in the data centres and power underpinning the AI boom. Ambition comes with European fibrecos under pressure to deliver returns on investment and seen to have lost prominence to data centres in the global infra growth story.
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M&AEurofiber offloads French data centres amid hunt for scale
European connectivity provider moves to sell French data centre portfolio to ETIX, as it seeks to focus more on open access fibre and integrated digital infra services. ETIX to combine the sites into a “unified campus” in southern France, marking latest step in M&A-fuelled expansion…
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Network & InfraSoftBank picks France for €75bn mega-bet on European data centres
Japanese investment group unveils multi-billion euro programme to build out French data centre portfolio, amidst aggressive AI infra expansion in Europe and beyond. Investment among wave of digital infra projects that have emerged in and around recent Choose France Summit…
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PeoplewatchT-Systems taps Indian talent pool for new AI chief
Appointment of Ramesh Revuru as Chief AI Officer reflects parent Deutsche Telekom’s wider AI push and underscores growing role of Indian operations in T-Systems’ delivery of projects and products. The provider has been on a major AI recruitment push as it looks to generate €200m in revenue from the tech this year…
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Strategy & ChangeFrom danger zone to digital powerhouse: Kearney maps Europe’s path to telecom recovery
Analysis: Europe’s telecoms sector has built extensively but failed to monetise, risking stagnation without urgent structural intervention. Kearney’s comprehensive diagnostic guides on how regionalisation, network resilience, strategic private finance partnerships, and other remedies can revitalise the sector’s finances and the continent’s digital economy.
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PeoplewatchDigital Infra Peoplewatch: expanding Indus refreshes C-suite; GlobalConnect appoints new CEO
May 2026 edition: Latest 30+ senior and strategic leadership changes in EMEA digital infra, including tweaks to Indus Towers’ C-level line-up, AllPoints CEO Ronan Kelly shifting to head up Irish digital infra association, and the latest moves in GlobalConnect’s management shake-up.
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Strategy & ChangeTelenor targets growth from digital infra in strategic reorg
The operator has performed a major reset of the group management team, with broader roles and a flatter structure.
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M&ABrazil’s Vivo eyes Oi enterprise unit — report
Vivo reportedly keen on hoovering up further Oi assets, helping to advance M&A-fuelled enterprise expansion. Divestment could mark the latest move in Oi’s long-running asset sell-off process…
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Analyst BriefingEMEA Infrawatch: German fibrecos open up for take-up
Analyst Briefing: Latest on EMEA digital infra, including German fibre players forging further open access deals amidst efforts to accelerate take-up, European telcos plotting to expand data centre footprints, and MEA towerco Helios ramping up tower spend to meet growing regional capacity demand…
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Financial & PerformanceIliad in bullish mood despite SFR talks dragging on
Q1 FY26: CEO hails a “good” first quarter for the group, in contrast to takeover target SFR. Expansion of AION Gigafactory consortium also highlighted…
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Network & InfraMagyar Telekom to expand Budapest data centre amid ‘tightening’ capacity
Operator initiates two-year programme to upgrade Budapest site capacity by 20%, as CEO Tibor Rékasi says demand for compute continues to “accelerate”. Project adds to parent DT’s broader aggression on regional expansion in data centres…
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PeoplewatchAllPoints CEO to take top spot at Irish digital infra association
Kelly appointed as CEO at Digital Infrastructure Ireland as he moves to leave UK altnet. The association seeks to tap into the exec’s digital infra expertise to guide strategic shift, as it aims to attract investment and influence policy across a wider portion of the nation’s digital infra sector…
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Network & InfraDT mulls Munich AI Factory expansion as customers soak up capacity
CEO Tim Höttges says operator considering expansion after Blackwell capacity sells out. Comments come as the telco advances “cautious” expansion in the segment, and as other regional peers press on with their own data centre ventures…
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Network & InfraGermany’s O2 lays out data centre expansion plan
Telefónica’s German unit outlines data centre construction plan, moving to expand its footprint after a series of recent upgrades at existing facilities. Plans unveiled alongside revamped data centre services portfolio, seeing O2 continue to contribute to the Group’s ‘sovereign’ infra play…
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Analyst BriefingEMEA Infrawatch: Europe’s fibre re-fi ‘wall’ looms
Analyst Briefing: ING warns of “enormous refinancing wall” coming for fibrecos in 2027; Deutsche Glasfaser completes long-awaited debt raise; Proximus and Telenet finalise Belgian fibre rollout tie-up; INWIT said to eye data centre play as tower competition heats up; and more…