Connect | London // Debate: Power is shifting, but will Europe’s connectivity layer keep up?
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- Data Center Construction
- Telecoms & Connectivity
- Open Session
Speakers
Venessa Moffat
Managing Director, The Data Center Alliance
Mina Iscandar
Engineering Manager, Google
Sarah Davey
Director, Digital Infrastructure - EMEA, Equinix
Director of Product Management, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
Paul Lipscombe
Telecoms Editor, DCD
As power scarcity reshapes where new capacity can be built, Europe’s connectivity ecosystem is facing its own stress test. New power‑rich zones are emerging, secondary and tertiary markets are gaining attention, and AI‑era workloads are driving unprecedented demand for low‑latency, high‑capacity routes. The question is whether fiber investment, long‑haul routes, and metro aggregation points are evolving fast enough to match the new geography of power and compute.
This session will explore:
- Where Europe’s next connectivity hotspots are forming and how they align with new power zones
- Whether future AI workloads will strain long‑haul and metro networks
- How connectivity should shape site selection, not just power and land
- Whether operators must co‑fund new fiber builds to avoid stranded campuses
- How to better align power and connectivity planning as European delivery increasingly diverges from traditional metros