About the Committee

The Investments & ESG Committee brings together the work of the Council's former Investors, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committees under a single structure, reflecting how closely capital, environmental performance and social responsibility are now linked in digital infrastructure.

The Committee provides a forum for investors, operators and industry experts to examine the financial and non-financial factors shaping fibre and data centre investment across Europe. Its scope spans the investment landscape and financing conditions for network rollout, the environmental footprint and sustainability credentials of fibre infrastructure, and the governance and diversity practices that support a resilient, competitive industry.

By combining these perspectives, the Committee aims to give members a clearer view of how ESG considerations influence investment decisions,  and how the sector can demonstrate its value to the investors, policymakers and stakeholders who rely on that evidence.

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Vincent Garnier joins ZTE Global Summit 2026 in Kuala Lumpur

Vincent Garnier, Director General of Fibre Council Europe, participated in the ZTE Global Summit & User Congress 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, contributing to the panel discussion “Winning the Race Beyond Connectivity”. The panel formed part of the Summit's wider discussion around moving from connectivity towards digital value.

The session explored where the telecommunications industry can create new value as digital infrastructure continues to evolve, looking beyond traditional connectivity towards areas including fibre, data centres, cloud, edge, compute, security and artificial intelligence.

During the discussion, Vincent stressed that European fibre operators need to embrace the opportunities brought by AI and integrate data centre and data centre interconnection services and infrastructure into their strategies.

This evolution is increasingly important as AI changes both the demands placed on digital infrastructure and the role connectivity providers can play within the wider ecosystem. Fibre and DCI, alongside data centres and distributed computing infrastructure, are becoming increasingly interconnected components of the infrastructure needed to support the AI-driven economy - one of the key questions explored during the panel.

Vincent's participation also reflects Fibre Council Europe's broader engagement with the evolving fibre ecosystem and the new infrastructure, services and business models developing around high-capacity connectivity.

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