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.

Panel 3 - Building Resilient FTTH Networks

As fibre networks increasingly underpin Europe’s digital economy, ensuring their resilience has become a strategic priority. FTTH infrastructure now supports essential services, critical communications, and growing digital demand, making network reliability and security more important than ever.

This panel brings together leading industry experts to examine how operators and infrastructure providers can strengthen the resilience of fibre networks in an evolving risk landscape. Discussions will address challenges ranging from physical infrastructure protection and climate-related risks to operational preparedness and cybersecurity.

Featuring Neill Gallagher (Director, Copenhagen Economics), Jaakko Wallenius (VP Resilience and Defense, Elisa), Neil McRae (CTIO, CityFibre), Christian Laque (CTO, A1 Austria), and Arnaud Van Troeyen (CEO, Altitude Infra), the session will explore practical approaches to building robust, future-ready FTTH networks.

The panel will also consider how resilience strategies must evolve as fibre infrastructure becomes increasingly critical to supporting AI-driven demand, data centre expansion, and Europe’s broader digital transformation.


Speakers:

  • Christian Laqué - CTO at A1 Austria
  • Jaakko Wallenius - Vice President, Resilience and Defense at Elisa
  • Katja Kmet Vrcko - Co-Chair Cybersecurity & Resilience Working Group at AKOS
  • Loic Mahut - International Business Director at Altitude Infra
  • Neil McRae - Chief Information & Technology Officer at CityFibre
  • Moderated by Neil Gallager - Director at Copenhagen Economics

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