Panel: No Fibre, No AI: Is Europe Creating Its Own Bottleneck?

13 Oct 2026
The Fibre Investment Stage
Core Infrastructure & Capacity (Fibre, Data Centres, Subsea) , Policy, Regulation & Security , Investment, Finance & Market Dynamics
Europe’s AI ambitions risk stalling without new fibre backbones. This panel explores why core fibre lags demand, how it constrains data centres and AI clusters, and what investment, policy and partnership models unlock growth.
Chairperson
Kevin Sheehan
Kevin Sheehan, CTO of the Americas & VP Sales Engineering - CIENA
Speakers
Shaunak Thakkar
Shaunak Thakkar, Director, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Investments, Delivery and Strategic Partnerships - Oracle
Vincent Rousseau
Vincent Rousseau, Deputy Director of Operations - SIPARTECH