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

Capacity Europe 2026 digest Program Core pick 12–15 October 2026

Abstract

Nicholas Collins (O2 Business Holdings), Marisa Trisolino (eUnity/EUNEtWORKS), Jim Fagan (EXA Infrastructure UK), Jorge Alvarez (Retelit Digital Services), Jeff Hulse (Verizon), Amjad Arab (Salam)

  • Why: The physical-build side of AI: which corridors get fibre, how fast, and on what commercial terms. For a PM whose core work includes DC/WAN interconnect and fibre capacity planning, this is where the supply-side decisions are being described.
  • What: How AI is reshaping fibre demand across training hubs, inference, and edge — and how operators respond with fast-track corridor builds, dark-fibre strategies, investment choices, and network design, including early customer engagement (from abstract only).
  • How: Panel discussion covering build strategy and commercial models (dark fibre vs lit service, pre-commitments from AI customers) rather than engineering.
  • Where applicable: European long-haul and inter-DC corridors. The training-vs-inference geography split it implies (training in power-rich hubs, inference near users) is broadly applicable to European capacity planning, though specifics will be operator-specific.