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.

Broadband Breakfast Live Online: Europe's Tech and Telecom Environment

Event: Broadband Breakfast Live Online
Speaker: Vincent Garnier - Director General, FTTH Council Europe
Moderator: CEO Drew Clark
Date: 22nd October, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m
Location: Live Online
Organiser: Broadband Breakfast


Europe had long sought a "third way" in digital governance, aiming to strike a balance between market competition and robust consumer protection. However, recent major legislative efforts-including the European Union’s Digital Marketing Act of 2023 and other telecom regulations-had raised a critical question: Were these policies inadvertently forcing Europe and its businesses into sluggish growth?

Vincent Garnier of the FTTH Council Europe and other experts joined for a lively debate to discuss Europe's tech and telecom regulatory environment and what the continent needed to do if it was to catch up globally. The discussion covered the impact of the EU's regulatory framework on telecom investment and the acceleration of full-fibre deployment, providing insight into the challenges of balancing digital values with the necessity of economic scale and growth.


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