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.
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Sustainability: A Global View from the Fibre-to-the-Home Councils Global Alliance (FCGA)

Apr 27, 2023

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During this live webinar session, targeting the European, African, and APAC regions and followed by a new session for the Americas' audience, the FTTH Council Global Alliance (FCGA) presented the results from its global Sustainability Survey. The survey explored Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies throughout the telecom industry with network operators, service providers, and vendors across five geographical regions, and reveal that some regions are far more advanced than others, but fibre’s sustainable properties will help the global telecom industry achieve ESG and CSR goals. The Sustainability Survey report notes that, according to a Boston Consulting Group report, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector is responsible for 3% to 4% of all global emissions—twice the levels of the aviation industry. However, research by RVA, LLC and the Fiber Broadband Association reveals that Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) directly reduces carbon output leading to a 34% reduction in internet CO2 emissions. This means that fibre-based broadband technologies can help the industry reduce these emissions because fibre consumes less energy than other broadband technologies. More information is available via the full press release.

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Sustainability: A Global View from the Fibre-to-the-Home Councils Global Alliance (FCGA)

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