The Unofficial Attendee Cheatsheat for PTC’DC Prep

July 28, 2026

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For individuals who work on the intersection of digital infrastructure and authorities, regulators, coverage, non-public fairness, and finance, you may need to be sure to satisfy us at PTC’DC this 12 months.

As international telecom specialists, our group at TeleGeography is aware of a factor or two about these intersections. We’re often cited within the press and have written about how geopolitics shapes telecom infrastructure.

We have compiled a number of our specialists’ insights on related subjects you must brush up on earlier than PTC’DC to make essentially the most of convention conversations.

Fast data on PTC’DC

First, just a few fundamentals on this occasion. PTC’DC will happen on September 17, 2026, in Reston, Virginia, simply exterior of Washington, DC. The gathering will function networking alternatives and distinct classes on:

AI 2030: The World Race for Energy and Capital
Scaling Energy, Land, and Infrastructure for the AI Financial system
Fiber
Restoring Belief in Digital Infrastructure By means of Group Alignment
How Do We Globalize AI and How Do We Make it Secure?

Important assets for PTC’DC

Our telecom specialists make it straightforward to get up-to-speed for occasions like PTC’DC via a wide range of data-packed assets and analyses. We compiled a number of the most related items right here, together with evaluation on AI’s affect on telecom infrastructure. You may browse additional via our Assets hub.

Let’s begin with slightly one thing from our final outing with the PTC group. Watch our Telecom Workshop from PTC 2026, led by TeleGeography Senior Analysis Supervisor Brianna Boudreau, Senior Analysis Supervisor Jon Hjembo, and Chief Analysis Officer Tim Stronge. Obtain the slides from this presentation right here.

Navigating Hostile Waters: Submarine Cable Infrastructure and the Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz is a vital artery, not just for the transit of oil and cargo but in addition for the information flowing via submarine cables on the seafloor. Given current hostilities, which have included injury to knowledge facilities within the UAE and Bahrain, it’s price contemplating whether or not the potential threat to telecommunications infrastructure extends to the submarine cables within the area. This is what you must find out about cables within the Strait of Hormuz and within the area.

Warfare within the Center East, Broken Knowledge Facilities, and Cloud Disruptions

Iranian drone and missile strikes on three Amazon Net Companies (AWS) knowledge facilities within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain prompted a extreme, cascading affect on AWS and its clients. As a result of the assaults prompted bodily injury to a number of infrastructure websites concurrently, normal cloud redundancy fashions failed, resulting in widespread regional and international disruptions. This put up discusses the affect of the warfare in Iran on knowledge facilities and cloud structure.

An Examination of International Adversary Threats to Subsea Cable Infrastructure

When TeleGeography Chief Analysis Officer Tim Stronge testified earlier than congress about subsea cable infrastructure, cable routing points got here up. The U.S. Home of Representatives simply handed the Undersea Cable Safety Act, which eliminates a duplicative allowing requirement for undersea cables put in and routed via Nationwide Marine Sanctuaries, permitting these initiatives to proceed as soon as all different federal and state permits are secured.

Learn Tim’s congressional testimony and watch the listening to.

	AI’s Impression on Telecom Infrastructure Stable intelligence on AI infrastructure begins with TeleGeography’s seasoned group of worldwide telecom specialists. We gather and analyze industry-leading knowledge you’ll be able to’t discover wherever else—not even your LLM of alternative. That is unique, full, and correct analysis unique to TeleGeography customers. We have compiled assets right here that can assist you perceive present markets and forecasts for the way AI is impacting transport networks, knowledge facilities and cloud, and enterprise networks.
	The Economics of Submarine Cables On this episode of the TeleGeography Explains the Web podcast, senior analyst Lane Burdette takes listeners on a deep dive into the advanced world of submarine cable economics. Lane breaks down: What goes into constructing them How a lot they value Who builds them How operators earn a living in an {industry} the place provide and demand are in fixed flux.
	How Regulation Impacts Interconnectivity Find out how laws and governance affect connectivity and why we’re seeing sure cities on the high of our Market Connectivity Rating rankings repeatedly.
	The Regulatory and Geopolitical Setting of Cable Faults and Upkeep Undersea cables are essential to the worldwide financial system and nationwide safety. Governments and regional {industry} teams are contemplating tips on how to improve submarine cable safety and resilience. A report by TeleGeography and Infra-Analytics outlines the required steps to maintain present service ranges and reduce restore delays for undersea cables that carry international web visitors, together with a complete examination of the regulatory and geopolitical environments that affect cable upkeep and restore.