EMEA Infrawatch: data centre ambitions meet reality check
Cameron Page2026-04-22T07:00:00
Analyst Briefing: Latest in EMEA digital infra, including Blackstone’s shift to target investment in ready-built data centres; OpenAI’s reported exit from major Stargate Norway project; AST SpaceMobile’s move to de-orbit latest satellite after botched launch; and more…
This article includes:
- Organisations: 4iG; African Development Bank Group; Airband; Aker; Amazon Web Services (AWS); Arqiva; AST SpaceMobile; AtlasEdge; Blackstone; Blue Origin; Cellnex; Digital 9; Elio Networks; Equinix; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; European Commission (EC); European Space Agency (ESA); euNetworks; Microsoft; Manulife Financial Corporation; Nscale; Northrop Grumman; OQ Technology; Omers Infrastructure; Oni-Tel; OpenAI; Retelit; Sightline Climate; Sparkle; Swiss Life Asset Managers; Telecom Italia (TIM); Verne Global; World Bank.
- Geographies: Africa; Benin; Chad; Europe; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Kenya; Nigeria; Norway; South Africa; Switzerland; United Kingdom (UK).
- People: Jarlath Finnegan; Keith Taylor.
- Themes: 5G; 6G; Artificial intelligence (AI); Broadcasting; Cloud interconnection; Colocation; Data centres; Defence; Digital infrastructure; Fibre (FTTP); Fibre backbone; Fixed broadband; Geostationary satellites (GEO); Internet of Things (IoT); IT; Launch partners; Low-Earth orbit satellites (LEO); Optical communications; Quantum communications; Software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN); Sovereign cloud; Sovereign compute; Subsea cables; Satellite; Terrestrial networks; Towers; Wireless infra.