Insights

Capacity Power 100
We are thrilled to announce our CEO, Colman Deegan, has been recognised in Capacity’s 100 Power 100! The list celebrates the leaders shaping the future of connectivity and the digital infrastructure landscape.

NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 193: Jennifer Smith | Zayo Europe
On this week’s episode, we sat down with Jennifer Smith, CFO of Pan-European fibre infrastructure operator and telco service provider Zayo Europe to discuss the critical role connectivity plays in the rapidly expanding data centre market.

Zayo Europe boss calls for overhaul to UK fibre permitting
Deegan speaks to The Tech Capital following Zayo Europe forming a partnership to connect one of the UK’s AI Growth Zones. Zayo Europe CEO Colman Deegan has called for the UK to streamline the permitting process for laying the fibre-optic cable that underpins the market’s digital infrastructure drive.

Subsea 2026: The Great Rewiring
In this Fibre Systems feature, our Chief Product Officer, Michael Katz explores how hyperscaler-led deployments, route diversification, and subsea mesh architectures are reshaping global connectivity.

Data Centre Newsletter
2025 marked our first full year as an independent European company, and 2024 marked the dawning of the ‘intelligence era.” Learn what that means for you.

Zayo Europe CEO on bringing European connectivity to the Middle East
Zayo Europe CEO Colman Deegan highlights customer-led growth as the company expands its presence across the Middle East.

2025: A year in the life of a newly independent European company
As our first full year as an independent European organisation draws to a close, we’ve taken a moment to look back, see what we’ve achieved, what we’ve learnt, and how it’s changed us.

Quantum Without Compromise
In boardrooms across every sector — finance, healthcare, energy, government, and enterprise — two questions dominate every conversation about new technology: Will it work? Will it last?

Zayo Europe enables Sofia Connect to expand East-West connectivity
Sofia Connect has established itself as a key wholesale carrier in Eastern Europe, supporting data centres, carriers and enterprises with vital regional connectivity. But as demand for greater capacity and more direct access to Western Europe’s digital hubs increased, the company needed a partner with global reach and proven reliability.
That’s where Zayo Europe came in. By connecting Sofia, we’ve added another key location to our European footprint, multiple links of redundant connectivity allowed us to provide Sofia Connect with a growing, high availability, Tier 1 network – pairing their regional expertise with our global reach.
What are the most shocking connectivity infrastructure project obstacles?
Network operators can come up against some surprising hurdles in their quest to provide connectivity (Image credit: U.P.SD Shutterstock.com) James Ovel, Operations VP at Zayo Group reveals the biggest obstacles – both common and surprising – faced by fibre network owners, providers and operators

The end of the 100G era? How AI is pushing carriers to 400G and beyond
With AI driving an ever faster pace of change, carriers must consider how to prepare for the short and long term. These four considerations will be crucial.

