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.

Response to the public consultation on the draft BEREC Report on a consistent approach to migration and copper switch-off

The FTTH Council Europe welcomes this draft report on a consistent approach to migration and copper switch off. Studies commissioned by the FTTH Council suggest that FTTH/B availability will be between 85-90% by 2026. While these are forecast based on the current economic and regulatory situation and there will still be a long way to go to reach full coverage, we can expect that large parts of the EU will be fully covered by fibre networks by that date1). There is therefore a need to consider the practical issues related to migration from the old copper networks to the new VHCN networks which are being encouraged, both in deployment and take-up by national regulators and the European Commission.

 

1) https://ftthcouncil.eu/knowledge-centre/all-publications-and-assets/246/ftth-forecast-for-europe-market-forecasts-2021-2026

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