Europe and Middle East Trends
Europe and Middle East Trends
Europe and Middle East market trend intelligence tracks cloud service, regional ISP, national telecom, data centre, and institutional infrastructure signals across European and Middle Eastern internet infrastructure markets. BTW.
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Europe and Middle East National Telecom
VMO2 Challenges Openreach Fibre Discounts
Virgin Media O2 says Openreach’s latest wholesale offers may deter broadband providers from using competing fibre networks.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Marc Murtra and the State-Shareholder Test Inside Indra
Marc Murtra's Indra chairmanship is a study in authority that was visible but never absolute. A state shareholder could alter the balance around the board; industrial investors could acquire influence; directors and shareholders could approve a defence-led reconfiguration; and…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Three FWA Leads Fibre Altnets in UK Broadband Share
Three has gained a larger share of UK broadband connections than any single fibre alternative network through its fixed wireless service.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Deutsche Telekom expands OpenAI use across the company
Deutsche Telekom leverages its OpenAI partnership to provide employee access, model testing, and new customer product development.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Nokia Launches AI-RAN Platform for Phased Upgrades
Nokia offers operators several ways to add accelerated computing to RAN networks while retaining compatible radio equipment during the initial upgrade.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Pure DC Launches €7.5 Billion Data Centre Campus in Finland
Pure DC combines a fully leased 110 MW first phase with over 700 MVA of grid access and repeatable 40 MW modules for later expansion.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Uswitch Awards Accreditation to 13 UK Broadband Providers
Uswitch's accreditation puts retail services under the microscope as smaller providers try to convert wider fibre coverage into customer growth.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Xlinks postpones Devon data campus consultation until autumn
Xlinks is extending community engagement while preparing separate planning applications for its proposed data centre and battery storage projects.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Virgin Media asks Ofcom to review Openreach fibre discounts
As more fibre networks serve the same areas, wholesale pricing is becoming a bigger part of how operators compete for broadband customers.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Big Tech reports higher emissions as AI infrastructure expands
Corporate disclosures show that AI infrastructure expansion increases emissions from construction, supply chains, and electricity use.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
SEGRO and Pure DC Form Data Centre Joint Venture in Paris
SEGRO and Pure Data Centres have formed a second joint venture for a 48 MW data centre in Paris, with construction start subject to planning approval and a long-term lease with a hyperscale client.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
RAXIO GROUP Secures $380 Million to Support Larger African Data Centre Projects
Raxio secured additional funding as customer requirements across its African data centre platform reach 10 MW and above.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Southeast Asia AI Data Centres Face Power Constraints
Power infrastructure emerges as a major obstacle to AI data centre capacity expansion in Southeast Asia despite sustained investment in the region.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Wärtsilä warns power infrastructure slowing AI data centre delivery
Wärtsilä says the biggest challenge for new AI data centres is no longer just electricity demand, but delivering reliable power before utilities are ready to come online.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Nscale explores on-site power amid grid connection delays
Grid connection delays have pushed Nscale to consider on-site power generation, highlighting how electricity supply is increasingly shaping data centre construction.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Niel's Vega to buy e&'s Vodafone stake in £4.4bn deal
Xavier Niel will become the largest shareholder in Vodafone after agreeing to acquire e&'s stake in the telecom operator.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
UK data centre industry moves to standardise grid connections
The UK data centre industry is developing standardised designs for electrical grid connections to reduce repetitive engineering work when connecting new facilities to the power grid.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Black & White Engineering opens first Spain office
Black & White Engineering's new Madrid office establishes a local engineering base for data centre projects in Spain.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
euNetworks opens 1,057km Paris–Milan fibre route through Alps
euNetworks has launched a new Alpine fibre route, creating a shorter and more direct connection between Paris and Milan.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Telefónica Tech launches SGP.32 IoT eSIM with Thales platform
Telefónica Tech has launched an SGP.32-based IoT eSIM service for remotely managing operator profiles across multiple mobile networks.