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Europe’s AI Gigafactories will be shaped by electricity, cooling, connectivity and industrial demand. Finland, Spain, Germany and Brainport illustrate competing priorities — and a deeper question: who will control the infrastructure and secure lasting access for European users?
Europe has no shortage of savings. The harder challenge is turning those savings into productive investment. How Europe Gets Capital Moving examines the institutions, market structures and financial infrastructure that determine how capital reaches companies, innovation and long-term European growth.
Europe’s capital markets cannot integrate faster than the information systems beneath them. ESMA Data Day 2026 brings reporting, ESAP, market data and supervisory technology together — revealing how financial data is becoming a core layer of Europe’s Savings and Investments Union.
The Dutch budget is moving, but every concession raises a new question about funding. With social security savings deferred and the box 3 proposal under revision, can separate parliamentary bargains become one durable financial settlement?
Margherita Della Valle has taken full control of VodafoneThree while Germany remains a difficult market. Africa’s financial services and Vodafone Business offer routes beyond connectivity. Can Vodafone turn those businesses into lasting returns for the group?
Europe is scaling photonic-chip production, while Ericsson, Thales and others develop applications. The missing step is a European customer willing to commit to volume. Can system design become the long-term demand that sustains an industry?
TU/e and Motion Imager are researching a memory that could be accessed through both light and electricity. It may help photonic computing move beyond data transmission, but its performance, manufacturing route and first practical use remain to be demonstrated.
Allison Kirkby is narrowing BT’s focus to Britain while sharing its international business with Verizon. Openreach’s fibre network offers scale, but competition, regulation and debt raise the stakes. Can BT capture more value from services built above it?
Grenoble already has silicon photonics in volume production, while CEA-Leti works to bring the next generation closer to industry. The strategic question is whether Europe can shape the AI systems that rely on its chips.
Deutsche Telekom’s American business gives Tim Höttges unusual financial room. As the group invests in European cloud and industrial AI while returning cash to shareholders, the central question is whether telecom can capture lasting value above its networks.
