EMEA Infrawatch: satcos build up regional manufacturing
Cameron Page2026-09-22T19:12:00
Analyst Briefing: Latest on EMEA digital infra, including: inbound investment; the Netherlands’ largest fibre altnets teaming up; and Greek utility PPC landing AWS as anchor for its mega-data centre.
This article includes:
- Organisations: Asteo Red Neutra; Airtel Africa; Amazon Web Services (AWS); APG; Bloomberg; Compass Datacenters; CyrusOne; DELTA Fiber; Deutsche Glasfaser; Digital Realty; Doha Bank; Elveo Mobile; Equatys; Eurofiber; European Commission (EC); FLAG; Fibercop; Global Technical Realty; GlobalConnect; Glaspoort; Gulf Data Hub; Hyperoptic; Indus Towers; Indra Space; Intellian Technologies; Iridium Communications; KKR; KPN; Metronet; Mordor Intelligence; NordConnect; Open Dutch Fiber (ODF); Orange; PPC (Public Power Corporation); Rede Aberta; Reuters; Rönesans Infrastructure; Rurix; Satellite Connect Europe; Sateliot; SES; Space42; ST Telemedia Global Data Centres; Telesat; Telenor; Telenor Fiber; Vantage Towers; Vauban Infrastructure Partners; Viasat; WIOCC Group.
- Geographies: Africa; Americas; Asia-Pacific; Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); Europe; France; Germany; Greece; Kenya; Luxembourg; Middle East; Netherlands; Nigeria; Norway; Qatar; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Turkey; United Kingdom (UK); United States of America (USA).
- People: David Petraeus.
- Themes: 5G; 5G Narrowband IoT; AI Factory; air traffic management communications systems; broadband infrastructure; broadband infra; broadband services; carrier-neutral data centres; cloud computing; cloud infrastructure services; data centres; defence connectivity; direct-to-device (D2D) services; digital infrastructure; edge data centres; enterprise-grade connectivity; fibre build-out; fibre rollout; fibre-to-the-premises; gateway antennas; government connectivity; hyperscale data centres; infrastructure-sharing; IT components; IT infrastructure; joint ventures (JVs); L-band MSS spectrum; low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellation; low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites; mega-data centre; Memorandum of Understanding (MoU); multi-orbit architecture; network consolidation; non-terrestrial network (NTN); open access agreements; orbital planes; Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs); regional supply chain; renewable energy; rural infrastructure; S-band MSS spectrum; satellite manufacturing; satellite operator (satco); space-based IoT connectivity; subsea cables; subsea infrastructure; terrestrial fibre; wholesale access; wholesale customer roster; wholesale fibre.