EMEA Infrawatch: more fibre players pare back rollout; telcos mull AI data centre ambitions
Cameron Page2025-11-18T07:00:00
Latest on EMEA digital infra: KPN and OTE revise fibre build strategies; Vodacom keeping “powder dry” for potential fibre, data centre buys; DT and Vodafone ruminate on AI Gigafactory plans; more…
This article includes:
- Organisations: 4iG; ACS; Africa Mobile Networks; Amazon; AMN; BlackRock; Cellnex; Columbia Capital; Deutsche Glasfaser; Deutsche Telekom; EQT; Equinix; Eutelsat; Fastweb+Vodafone; Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP); Iliad; I/P/B; Khazna; KPN; Linklaters; Microsoft; MS3 Networks; NVIDIA; Omers; Orange Group; Orange Marine; OTE; Quickline; SAP; SES; Stonepeak; Vantage Towers; Vanu; Vodacom; Vodafone.
- Geographies: Africa; Asia-Pacific; Côte d’Ivoire; Europe; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Nigeria; North America; South Africa; Turkey; United Arab Emirates (UAE).
- People: Margherita Della Valle; Didier Dillard; Tim Höttges; Shameel Joosub; Marco Patuano; Karsten Wildberger.
- Themes: Altnets; Artificial intelligence (AI); Broadband; Capital restructure; Copper line decommissioning; Data centre; Digital infrastructure; Digital networks; Digital services; Energy; Enterprise (B2B); Equity investment; Fibre (FTTP); Financing; Frequency licences; Geostationary orbit satellites (GEO); Hyperscalers; Infrastructure investment; Interconnection; Joint ventures; Legal; Low-Earth orbit satellites (LEO); Modular design; Next-generation networks; Power constraints; Radio access networks (RAN); Rural connectivity; Satellite connectivity; Sovereignty; Spectrum; Subsea cables; Tower construction; Wireless infra.