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Capacity Europe 2026

Capacity Europe is the most trusted and largest European event for those who #KeepTheWorldConnected, with over 3,000 attendees across the digital infrastructure ecosystem.

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17Speakers

0Sponsors

13On the bill · sessions

17Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at Capacity, in alphabetical order.

Azfar Aslam

Vice President Business Development & Chief Technology Officer, Europe · NOKIA

Brenden Rawle

Senior Director for Business Development · Equinix

Cameron Daniel

CTO · MEGAPORT

Colman Deegan

CEO · Zayo Europe

Greg Mesch

Vice Chairman · CityFibre

Jeffrey Hulse

President · Verizon Partner Solutions

Joe Scattareggia

EVP - Infrastructure & Connectivity · COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Jorge Santos

COO · Verda

Ken Campbell

CEO · PLAY

Kevin Vachon

COO · Mplify (formerly MEF)

Ksenija Draskovic

CEO · GlorifAI

Loren Long

Principal, Digital Infrastructure Division · Evermere

Michael Wheeler

EVP, Head of Global IP Network (GIN) · NTT DATA

Ricardo Lizarralde

President · AT&T Business International

Sam Evans

Senior Managing Director · Teneo

Shaunak Thakkar

Director, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Network Investments, Delivery and Strategic Partnerships · Oracle

Thibault Contat Desfontaines

Co-Head of Infrastructure Equity Europe · UBS Asset Management

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Agenda

Selected from 13 sessions on the bill.

09:45 10:00
Opening Keynote Presentation: Building the first Universal Quantum Computer
Market Forces Stage
09:45 10:10
Opening Keynote Presentation: State of the European Metro Market
What does the next chapter of European fibre coverage look like? A data-led overview of deployment velocity, investment flows, M&A activity & the emerging gap between coverage and …
Fibre Investment Stage
10:00 10:40
Opening Keynote Panel: Execution Matters: How to turn AI ambition into real returns
This keynote examines where AI ambition is delivering results in connectivity & network infra, by unpacking revenue opportunities, board priorities, and the constraints around tale…
Market Forces Stage
10:10 11:00
Opening Keynote Panel: Valuations Under Pressure: What are Europe's Altnets Really Worth?
Debt, overbuild and slowing take‑up are forcing a reset in fibre valuations. This panel examines how investors and operators now define value, price risk and assess assets in live …
Fibre Investment Stage
10:40 11:20
Keynote Panel: Wiring the AI Boom: Building Fibre Corridors for Training, Inference and Scale
AI is reshaping fibre demand across training hubs, inference and edge networks. This panel examines fast‑track corridor builds, dark fibre strategies, investment choices, network d…
Market Forces Stage
10:50 11:40
Opening Keynote Panel: Beyond Silos: Building Europe’s Converged Digital Infrastructure
For the first time, Europe’s colocation providers, carriers and internet exchanges share a stage, debating joint ventures, shared models, network convergence, AI delivery, and reve…
AI Build Stage
11:00 11:40
Keynote Panel: Scaling or Selling: The Paths to Survival in Europe's Fibre Shake-Out
As consolidation accelerates, this panel explores which strategies deliver stability and scale, what live deals reveal about the endgame, and how restructuring can protect infrastr…
Fibre Investment Stage
11:20 11:40
Case Study: Bare Metal Is Not Enough: How Neoclouds Win with Carrier Partnerships
Neoclouds began as GPU stopgaps, but sustainable economics require moving up the AI stack. This case study This case study explores how telco partnerships unlock scale, talent and …
Market Forces Stage
14:10 14:50
Panel: From Grid Constraint to Competitive Growth
Power constraints now gate data centre growth. Hear how energy providers, hyperscalers and operators secure grid access, deploy on-site power, scale renewables, and keep Europe’s d…
AI Build Stage

Intermission

Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 17 companies, parsed from the program.

Seventeen companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room

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17Companies Speakingspeaker only

Speakers by seniority

76% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite741%
VP-level212%
Director / Head of424%
Manager / Lead16%
Other roles318%

Of 17 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.

Capacity Europe 2026

Opening Keynote Presentation: Building the first Universal Quantum Computer

Opening Keynote Presentation: State of the European Metro Market

Opening Keynote Panel: Execution Matters: How to turn AI ambition into real returns

Opening Keynote Panel: Valuations Under Pressure: What are Europe's Altnets Really Worth?

Keynote Panel: Wiring the AI Boom: Building Fibre Corridors for Training, Inference and Scale

Opening Keynote Panel: Beyond Silos: Building Europe’s Converged Digital Infrastructure

Keynote Panel: Scaling or Selling: The Paths to Survival in Europe's Fibre Shake-Out

Case Study: Bare Metal Is Not Enough: How Neoclouds Win with Carrier Partnerships

Panel: From Grid Constraint to Competitive Growth

Seventeen companies in attendance.