This year’s Capacity Europe brought together a record-breaking 3,500+ senior leaders and industry professionals from across 100+ countries to their 24th edition of this connectivity event.
Hosted by techoraco at the InterContinental London – The O2 from 21–23 October 2025, the event spanned three days filled with new insights, latest innovations, and connecting with those that are central to the global digital infrastructure. From AI-driven transformation to the future of the interconnected space, Capacity Europe solidified their mission for 2025: Get Business Done.
With the 24th edition over, this conference continues to evolve into the platform for digital infrastructure deal-making and collaboration, and Spa Communications was proud to be the official media partner to lead the show’s media strategy and showcase the most-talked about stories to the press for a second consecutive year.
But what did we learn from the event? Here’s what stood out, and what it means for the future of our industry.
Across four stages and three days, over 100 speakers shared their insights on the opportunities and challenges shaping the connectivity landscape. Sessions featured speakers from Colt Technology Services, SPARKLE, Equinix, and Microsoft, to discuss the next wave of investment and innovation and how these will shape future networks.
One panel discussion that was a highlight for the Spa team was attending “Build Today or Buy Forever.” Speakers from nLighten, EUDCA, NVIDIA, Retelit and Telehouse Europe brought to light how data centre operators and customers are reevaluating their strategies to capitalise on the growing demand of AI.
The panel also explored the implications of AI sovereignty and the need for Europe to build digital autonomy through investment, collaboration, and policy alignment. With emerging expectations from connectivity providers for higher capacity and lower latency whilst maintaining efficiency and sustainability, the panelists agreed that Europe’s opportunity to be leading in the AI infrastructure race, building scalable and high-performance infrastructure can avoid cost challenges later on.
Overall, the session showed that Europe’s competitiveness in the market will depend on the balance for innovation, independence, and collaboration, ensuring that the region remains a leading hub for digital growth.
What did we learn?
Throughout the show, the key theme was that AI is the defining force behind infrastructure decisions across every region, with operators, investors, and technology providers needing to align around scalability, efficiency, and sovereignty. Most importantly, the discussions highlighted that Europe has the opportunity to take the lead in the digital transformation, but shared innovation will enforce this, which is why collaboration is so important.
As Capacity Europe looks ahead to its milestone 25th anniversary in 2026, this year’s record-breaking success sets the stage for another defining chapter in the evolution of global digital connectivity. The 2026 edition will return to the InterContinental London – The O2, from 13–16 October 2026.
Next up: In just over three months, Capacity Middle East will once again unite the global digital infrastructure ecosystem — continuing the momentum of collaboration and innovation that defines the Capacity series.
