Interview with Ben Happel, Partner, Altman Solon
Ben Happel, Partner at Altman Solon, dives into APAC’s evolving digital infrastructure amidst rising geopolitical tensions and market volatility. Despite challenges, the sector is booming: towers are back, fibre industries are emerging with vast opportunities,…
Interview with Dame Dawn Childs, CEO, Pure DC
Dame Dawn Childs, CEO of Pure DC, discusses land acquisitions and joint ventures, challenges in power supply, land sourcing, and ESG, and the convergence of real estate and digital infrastructure. Evaluating market entry decisions when pursuing expansions in n…
Interview with Jeff Tapley, COO of Digital Realty
Digital Realty COO Jeff Tapley outlines the company’s growth plans, ongoing funding requirements, and how it is responding to an evolving datacentre landscape. He provides insights into the shifting tenant needs, new market entrants, changing investor profiles…
Interview with Thibault Sauvage, Senior Director, Infrastructure Financing, CDPQ
CDPQ’s Senior Director of Infrastructure Financing, Thibault Sauvage, discusses key 2024 highlights for the infrastructure investor, including the structure and process behind Vantage’s E750m HoldCo debt package and speaks to what can be expected from 2025, pl…
Interview with Lionel Recorbet, CEO, XpFibre
Lionel Recorbet, CEO of XpFibre, discusses the company’s E5.8bn refinancing, the company’s relationship with its shareholders, and trends and strengths in the French fibre market. XpFibre’s E5.8bn refinancing process, and how the French fibre model allowed for…
Interview with Oliver Bradley, Macquarie Capital’s Global Head of Digital Infrastructure Investing
Oliver Bradley, Macquarie Capital’s Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Digital Infrastructure Investing, discusses their investment strategies in European datacentres and fibre, navigating different market structures, forming government partnerships,…
Interview with Richard Jeffares, Founder/CEO, Vitrifi
Richard Jeffares, Founder and CEO of Vitrifi, discusses the UK’s fibre market, opportunities and predictions on consolidations, and the company’s mission to ‘cloudify’ the telecoms sector. Consolidation and mergers in the UK fibre market and 2025 predictions…
Interview with Klaus Hoelbling, Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners
Klaus Hoelbling, EMEA Leader TMT, Partner and Managing Director at consultancy AlixPartners, discusses the German and wider European fibre market for 2025, including obstacles and the importance of state involvement in supporting new rollout. Dynamics of the…
Interview with Dwayne Gibson-White, Partner, Digital Infrastructure, EY Parthenon
Dwayne Gibson-White, Partner, Digital Infrastructure at EY-Parthenon discusses power allocation, hybrid financing solutions and diversification of M&A activity within the digital infrastructure space and credit case comparisons between fibre and datacentre inv…
Interview with Rachel Stack, CFO, Lightpath
Rachel Stack, CFO at Lightpath, discusses her move from a datacentre company back into a fibre company and future trends in fibre. From datacentre company to fibre company – key synergies 0.44 Stack’s vision for Lightpath 1.30 The role of strategic M&A vs…