• Zayo Europe expands its Rome point of presence to improve connectivity across Southern Europe
  • Move reflects rising demand for data centre interconnection and cloud traffic across Europe

What happened

Zayo Europe has expanded its point of presence (PoP) in Rome as part of a broader effort to strengthen its high-capacity fibre network across Europe.

According to a report by , the new infrastructure is designed to enhance connectivity in the Italian capital and provide improved access to Zayo’s wider European backbone.

Zayo is a global communications infrastructure provider that operates extensive fibre networks supporting enterprises, cloud providers and carriers. Its European division focuses on delivering high-capacity connectivity between major metropolitan hubs and data centre clusters across the continent.

The Rome PoP will enable customers to access high-bandwidth services including wavelength, Ethernet and IP connectivity. These services are widely used to link data centres, enterprise campuses and cloud platforms through low-latency fibre routes.

Rome is increasingly emerging as a strategic connectivity node in Southern Europe. The city hosts multiple carrier-neutral data centres and serves as a gateway linking Mediterranean subsea cables with terrestrial fibre networks across Europe.

The expansion of the PoP strengthens Zayo Europe’s ability to support enterprises and digital infrastructure providers seeking resilient routes between Italy and other European markets.

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Why it’s important

The move reflects intensifying competition among network operators to build the fibre infrastructure underpinning Europe’s rapidly expanding digital economy.

Data traffic driven by cloud computing, artificial intelligence workloads and hyperscale data centres continues to surge across Europe. These workloads require dense fibre networks capable of delivering ultra-low latency and large volumes of bandwidth.

As a result, telecom and infrastructure providers are investing heavily in metropolitan PoPs and long-haul fibre routes that connect major data centre ecosystems.

Rome’s growing role as a regional connectivity hub makes it particularly attractive. The city sits at the crossroads of Mediterranean subsea cable systems linking Europe with Africa and the Middle East, making it an important interconnection point for international traffic.

Strengthening local PoPs therefore allows operators like Zayo Europe to capture rising demand for data centre interconnection (DCI) and cloud on-ramps.

From a financial perspective, fibre infrastructure has become one of the most attractive assets in digital infrastructure, with investors betting that long-term bandwidth demand will continue to climb.

By reinforcing its Rome presence, Zayo Europe is positioning its network to capture the next phase of growth in European data infrastructure.