About the Committee

The Data Centre & Data Centre Interconnection Committee is the FTTH Council Europe's newest committee, established to reflect the Council's expanded remit across data centres and the fibre infrastructure that connects them.

The Committee's current work programme includes a report on hollow core fibre (HCF) and multi-core fibre (MCF), a DCI market study developed with the Board, and updates to the Market Panorama to capture the Council's broader scope. Alongside this, the Committee is developing a programme of educational webinars for members on AI-driven data centres, covering the underlying drivers and market trends, internal data centre architectures and wider interconnection architectures.

The Committee also leads the data centre and interconnection content at the annual FTTH Conference, shaping several hours of programming across the full breadth of the Council's expanded remit. 
Further outputs will follow, including new assets, market studies and content developed for the upcoming FTTH Conference. Click here and join us!

This page is new and still growing. The Committee's assets, studies and Conference materials are currently in production and will be added here as they are published. In the meantime, you can follow the Committee's latest news below.

FTTH Market Forecasts 2022-2027

The market forecasts are consistent with the previous estimates and foresee around 199 M homes passed for FTTH/B in 2027 in EU27+UK and 309 M homes passed in EU39 region. It is expected that the top 3 countries in terms of homes passed will be France (31.1 M), United Kingdom (30.1 M) and Germany (26.9 M). This forecast exercise highlights the ongoing digital transformation of European countries, and FTTH is playing a major role in this digital inclusion.

According to the forecasts, the number of subscribers is expected to reach 124 M in EU27+UK and 190 M in EU39 region.

The take-up rate will experience steady growth in both regions, with number of subscribers against homes passed expected to reach 62.2% in EU27+UK and 61.4% in EU 39.

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