Network infrastructure firm increased new route miles by 61% compared to H2 2024
London, July 31 2025 – Leading network infrastructure provider Zayo Europe has increased the route miles it powers by 61% in H1 2025, compared to H2 2024, data today reveals.
This growth has been pan-European, with significant growth in Zayo Europe powered route miles during H1 2025 in both the UK (241%) and Germany (173%) highlighting the value of its partnership with GasLINE.
This underscores the sustained momentum Zayo Europe has built since becoming an independent entity in the summer of 2024, with a clear focus on the European market and its complex, interconnected network of nations.
A key element of the company’s growth strategy is connecting a diverse range of data centres across the continent, given the critical nature of the infrastructure in powering the technologies that businesses, large enterprises and consumers rely on everyday. H1 2025 saw this continue with Zayo Europe currently connecting 600 data centres.
With this success comes operational growth too, as the business increased its workforce by 10%, with new hires touching almost every element of the company from delivery and service excellence through to finance and people management.
Growth is set to continue into H2 and beyond, following the recent announcement of Zayo Europe’s full acquisition of the Emerald Bridge subsea cable that provides G.652D dark fibre and high capacity wave services from the UK to Dublin, Ireland.
Colman Deegan, CEO at Zayo Europe, says: “We always viewed H1 2025 as a pivotal period for Zayo Europe, marking a full year since we established ourselves as an independent entity. While growth has always been a key success metric, the pace at which our best-in-class fibre infrastructure is now connecting data centres and points of presence across major European markets is especially encouraging as we look ahead to the remainder of 2025 and beyond.
“Our continued network expansion not only enhances our service capabilities but also empowers our customers with greater reach, flexibility, and resilience, enabling them to scale operations, optimise performance, and react to evolving demands with confidence.
“The growth achieved so far this year is testament to the strength and dedication of our team at Zayo Europe. Service excellence is in our DNA and is frequently cited as a driving force behind our ability to secure new partnerships and mission-critical connectivity projects. That said, we’re not standing still. We’re aiming to continue this momentum throughout the rest of the year and well into 2026.”
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About Zayo Europe:
Zayo Europe empowers some of the continent’s largest and most innovative companies to meet the ever-increasing bandwidth, security and reliability businesses require. It connects more than 600 data centres with a future-ready network that spans more than 2.3 million kilometres of fibre, 7 subsea cables, and connects 17 metro markets across 8 European countries. Zayo’s tailored connectivity solutions enable telecom service providers, cloud providers, data centres, system integrators, and enterprises to deliver exceptional experiences from core to cloud to edge.
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