Capacity Eurasia 2025 was the perfect networking opportunity for the Eurasian, Caucasus, Central Asian, and Eastern European digital infrastructure community to connect with each other and their international partners, build relationships and grow networks.
Here are some memorable quotes and key takeaways from our 2025 edition.
"We are in the stage of identifying which partnership models will be more feasible and attractive in Georgia. We are creating a welcoming regulatory environment with affordable electricity to encourage investment in Georgia"
- Sophie Tvalavadze, Deputy Head of Department - Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
"Specifically in this region of the world, our customers need reliability. We became more resilient to become more seamless."
- Yago Lopez, Chief Network Officer - Vodafone Türkiye
"For meta the biggest goal is to connect everyone in the world with our family of apps, we have a gaming platform, wearables, we provide connectivity services via the same infrastructure. As far as AI is concerned, it’s built into our products. Currently Türkiye is the regional hub for our services."
- Rob Chiswa, Network Site Investments Manager - meta
"Türkiye, from a geographic point of view is a digital gateway of interconnections, Türkiye is not being used to its maximum potential. The landscape is evolving; the Digital Silk Road project is advancing. Digital gateways are bringing and exploring interconnections to and from Türkiye. We are not yet there, however during the recent 2-3 years I have seen momentum towards this direction, this boost is also because of AI developments. Power in other regions will continue to make this region evolve as a hyper edge location, and an AI hub"
- Aslıhan Güreşcier, Managing Director, Turkey - Equinix
"Türkiye is a growing country, growing population, massive user of e-commerce, and other services. The potential is huge. There is a huge demand. We all win when the ecosystem is thriving."
- Cem Celebiler, CEO - Turknet
"We are living not only the age of change, but in the age of transformation. This transformation reminds us that we need to take decisive steps to shape the future and define the next age of connectivity. The true capital is data, speed and connectivity.
The importance of geographical diversity, and stable communications. Türkiye is a strategical centre that connects continents, cultures and economies."
- Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye
"The Key is cultural transformation. If you’re a telco company serving 20 million customers, flying over 10K feet in a big airplane, and changing the engine of this airplane is not easy. You need to invite people in the company to be a part of this change"
– Levent Gemici, Chief Customer Operations, Strategy and Wholesale Business Officer - Vodafone Türkiye
"The main challenge is power and space - and that will only grow as AI expands. In places like Germany, space exists, but power is the issue. We’re essentially a utility now, with a duty to deliver service closer to the edge. Nothing is free, but hopefully, over time, we’ll find better solutions - for them and for us."
- Miles McWilliams, Head of Global Business Internet, Content & Security Solutions - Deutsche Telekom
"If the motivation in the Telco and Hyperscaler relationship finds commercial, dynamic incentives, these new additional revenue streams can be regulated better for both sides, with both sides winning."
- Miglena Dogan, CSO - Anthill
"Resiliency is the new AI, in terms of buzzwords — a word echoed over and over at Capacity Eurasia, now tied not just to redundancy but to a broader vision: diverse routes, satellites, subsea, and cross-border connectivity. We live in interesting times."
- Jad El Cham, Senior Public Policy Technical Advisor - RIPE NCC
"The market in 3 years will be focused on connectivity between Europe and MENA will be connected hybrid networking strategies that support AI on a global scale."
- Matthew Whalley, MD - Ilex
