Europe’s AI infrastructure build-out is accelerating quickly, but the gap between data centre ambition, connection reality, and clean, firm power goals continues to widen. Hyperscalers and operators face compounding uncertainty: rising interconnection costs, shifting regulatory conditions, congested legacy hubs, and pressure to balance near-term delivery with longer-term sustainability.

This Chatham House rules breakfast roundtable that brings together hyperscalers, colocation and enterprise operators, power providers, grid managers, and infrastructure investors. The roundtable will focus on the structural tensions that will define where, when, and how the next wave of European AI capacity gets built and powered. Key areas of discussion include grid access and co-investment, demand flexibility, which European markets can absorb the next wave of growth, and how companies can assess and evaluate the right power generation mix for their portfolios.

This event has limited space and is by invitation only. To request an invite, please email Amy Jaick at ajaick@carbon-direct.com.