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8 panels to watch at Capacity Europe 2026

9th Sep 2026

4 minutes

Capacity Europe returns to the InterContinental London – The O2 from 13-15 October, marking the event’s 25th year and bringing together more than 4,000 decision-makers from over 90 countries.

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Capacity Global readers get 25% off Capacity Europe passes this October

8th Sep 2026

2 minutes

Capacity Global has partnered with Capacity Europe to offer readers a 25% discount on delegate passes for this year’s event.
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Metro Connect Fall x Datacloud USA 2026: 10 takeaways from Austin

7th Sep 2026

7 minutes

Four days of panels, keynotes and closed-door sessions in Austin this week set out a market moving faster than the grid, the permitting system or the politics can keep up with.

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Telecom Egypt’s 5Pbps Red Sea bypass puts chokepoint resilience back in the spotlight

7th Sep 2026

4 minutes

Telecom Egypt has signed an agreement with Power Sub Link (PSL) to build a new 200km subsea cable linking Sharm El Sheikh and Taba.
Africa

Mastering Africa’s landscape to make data centres a success

7th Sep 2026

7 minutes

MPT’s Rory Reid says the way forward for Africa is about tailoring strategy to the region’s hugely varying markets
Africa

Mastering Africa’s landscape to make data centres a success

7th Sep 2026

7 minutes

MPT’s Rory Reid says the way forward for Africa is about tailoring strategy to the region’s hugely varying markets
Africa

Subsea cables drive new digital corridors across Africa

7th Sep 2026

4 minutes

Sudhir Juggernath of TelCables explains how the continent’s infrastructure is being reshaped
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AI capex set to hit $31.6tn by 2050 as chips overtake concrete

4th Sep 2026

6 minutes

PwC’s Global Data Centre Outlook forecasts $31.6tn in AI infrastructure spend through 2050, with power access and recurring chip upgrades set to reshape where capital lands.
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Texas data centre demand could lift ERCOT peak by 125%, Datacloud USA panel hears

3rd Sep 2026

4 minutes

Texas grid operator ERCOT is reviewing roughly 474 gigawatts (GW) of large-load interconnection requests, with data centres accounting for around 90% of that figure.
Fibre

41 fibre deals recorded in US so far in 2026 as consolidation wave builds, Metro Connect Fall panel hears

3rd Sep 2026

4 minutes

The US fibre sector has recorded 41 announced M&A transactions so far in 2026, with strategic buyers accounting for the vast majority of deal value, according to panellists speaking at a Metro Connect Fall session on fibre investment.
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Fibre overtakes power as data centres’ top constraint, Metro Connect panel finds

3rd Sep 2026

3 minutes

Fibre availability, not power, is now the single biggest constraint on data centre development, according to a survey of investors, lenders, operators and builders discussed at a keynote panel on day one of Metro Connect 2026.