Capacity Europe 2026

Alongside the main programme, we’re launching The Outlook, a premium environment for high-level discussion, deal making and closed-door collaboration.

Hosting:

• Digital Infra Leaders’ Summit (invitation only)
• Global Critical Infra Summit (new for 2026), tackling security, resilience and geopolitics in a world where infrastructure is now strategic
• Curated networking from private receptions to community meetups

Beyond the agenda: Where the real conversations happen

Capacity Europe is built as a festival, not just a conference.

Expect pockets of activity across the venue, from hosted happy hours and stage receptions to private dinners, partner meetups and late-night parties.

It’s continuous, high-energy networking, designed to move conversations forward and turn introductions into commercial outcomes.

As consolidation accelerates, this panel explores which strategies deliver stability and scale, what live deals reveal about the endgame, and how restructuring can protect infrastructure investment while still generating returns.

Format: Attendees self-select one of 3 tables. A dedicated moderator (senior operator, panellist or independent chair) runs each table for 20-30 minutes.

• Who Pays for AI Networks? Hubs, Inference and the Edge
• Building AI Corridors: Where Are the Real Capacity Bottlenecks?
• Carrier Relevance in the AI Stack: Where Is the Defensible Value?

• Is the adoption gap (homes connected vs active subscribers) the defining challenge of this decade?
• How is M&A reshaping the competitive dynamic in metro markets?
• Where are the most attractive white-space opportunities remaining in European metro fibre?

Attendees self-select one of 3 tables. A dedicated moderator (senior operator, panellist or independent chair) runs each table for 20-30 minutes.

• All Under One Roof: Does Europe Need Fully Integrated ‘Fibre & Data Center’ Hubs?
• Is Convergence the Cure for Capacity Constraints?
• Who Owns the Future: Telcos, Cloud Giants, or Neutral Hosts?

• Why Has NaaS Not Taken Off: Legacy Tech, Culture, or Risk?
• Does NaaS Sell Alone, or Only When Bundled with Edge, Cloud and Security?
• Who Actually Makes Automation Work: Integrators or OSS/BSS Vendors?

• Future of Data Centre Fibre.
• Why has core fibre been overlooked, and how do we shift investment priorities?
• How can fibre connectivity enable truly distributed AI ecosystems?
• What practical steps are needed to accelerate deployment? Planning reform/Supply Chain/Collaboration models?

• The New Power Play: Should Data Centres Become Energy Producers
• Crunching the Kilowatts: How to Secure Grid Access Faster?
• Beyond Greenwashing: Real Steps to Embed Sustainability in AI Infrastructure

Telcos bring connectivity, scale and trust to AI‑as‑a‑service. This presentation explores how strategic partnerships help carriers move up the stack, unlock new revenue and differentiate against hyperscalers.

• Spotlight 1: London–Frankfurt–Amsterdam corridor
• Spotlight 2: Project Visegrad — Central Europe’s evolving connectivity landscape
• Spotlight 3: Iberian expansion and new connectivity routes

AI monetisation is shifting from infrastructure to outcomes. This panel explores where AI sits in the service stack, how it is productised through APIs and managed services, and which models customers will pay for.

• Who owns the AI Relationship: Telcos, Platforms, or Partners?
• Where Does AI Actually Sit in the Telco Stack?
• Selling Intelligence, Not Infrastructure: What Will Customers Pay For?

• How are investors reassessing IRR expectations as penetration rates are challenging in some markets?
• What role should the EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act and state aid frameworks play in bridging white spots?
• How are debt structures, IRUs, and wholesale agreements evolving to de-risk metro buildouts?

• Community Benefit or Box-Ticking: What really wins local support?
• United Front: Can industry convergence solve the social licence problem?
• Design Together or Fail Separately: Which early decisions make or break a project?

Drawing on Nordic experience, this panel explores how to execute copper switch‑off at scale, balancing customer protection, regulatory pressure and commercial acceleration, and which migration approaches minimise disruption and churn.

• Is Europe’s AI infrastructure boom an investor’s dream or a bubble?
• Public Money, Private Projects: What role should governments play?
• New Models for New Builds: From JVs to hyperscaler pre-deals

• Who Gets Left Behind in Copper Switch‑Off, and Who Is Responsible?
• What Actually Speeds Migration: Regulation, Incentives or Pain?
• Which Nordic Lessons Travel, and Which Don’t?

• Beyond Compliance: What Does Real Metro Resilience Look Like?
• Who Knows What, When? Making Threat Intelligence Actionable
• Who Pays for Resilience When Customers Don’t See It?

• Core vs Edge: Which workloads go where?
• Nordics vs FLAP: Is cheap power beating low latency?
• Sovereignty: Real concern or red herring?

• Hyperscalers or Homegrown: Who Should Control Europe’s Critical Cables?
• One Cut from Chaos: Does Europe Have Enough Route Resilience?
• Edge vs. Atlantic – Will Distributed AI Ease Global Traffic or Exacerbate It?

As digital services scale, identity and authentication move to the service layer. This presentation explores how trust‑based services become a new revenue layer, creating differentiation, compliance and enterprise confidence.

Enterprises judge connectivity on experience, not price. This panel explores how operators use automation and network intelligence to deliver cloud‑like CX, faster provisioning and transparency without driving up operating costs.