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Vittorio Colao: Europe missed the digital wave and must not miss the next

Vittorio Colao, Italy’s former digital minister, called Europe’s 28th regime for startups a little mouse. He also urged a single capital market and more pension money for venture.

Tarun Mottlia

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Vittorio Colao: Europe missed the digital wave and must not miss the next
Image: Vittorio Colao at a press Q&A at Wave by Vento in Turin, 9 October 2026

Europe has less than 2 gigawatts of AI computing capacity and needs more, former Vodafone chief executive Vittorio Colao said. He spoke at a closed-door press Q&A at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday, the event’s last day.

“Europe missed the big digital wave. Fine, 20 years,” Colao said.

Europe should not miss the next one, he said.

Colao ran Vodafone from 2008 to 2018 and was Italy’s minister for technological innovation and digital transition in Mario Draghi’s government…

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