The First Luxembourg Connectivity Report: A Structured View of the Ecosystem
Luxembourg’s digital ecosystem is built on infrastructure, skills and coordinated data efforts. This message resonated strongly during the 2026 MyConnectivity event at Cercle Cité, where the first Luxembourg Connectivity Report was officially launched – bringing together months of data collection, stakeholder input and technical analysis.
Held in the presence of Elisabeth Margue, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for Media and Connectivity, the evening brought together Luxembourg’s ICT, telecom, research and policy communities to discuss the current state and future direction of the country’s digital infrastructure.
A Strategic Snapshot of Luxembourg’s Connectivity Landscape
In her opening remarks, Elisabeth Margue emphasised that the report serves a dual purpose: it provides a structured overview of Luxembourg’s current connectivity performance while also positioning the country as a reliable and forward-looking hub for digital infrastructure and services.
She highlighted several key indicators reflecting the development of Luxembourg’s digital ecosystem:
- 95% coverage with very high capacity fixed networks
- 99% 5G household coverage
- €140 million invested in digital infrastructure in 2024
- Approximately 70,000 people working in Luxembourg’s ICT sector
The Minister emphasised that sustained investment in infrastructure, skills and innovation, combined with public-private cooperation, remains essential to maintaining Luxembourg’s competitiveness in a rapidly evolving digital environment.
A reference framework for the ecosystem
Julien Larios, CEO of MyConnectivity, presented MyConnectivity’s 2026 work programme and introduced the structure of the new report, developed with contributions from more than 90 stakeholders.
The Connectivity Report is organised into six core chapters, covering education and innovation, workforce dynamics, domestic and international connectivity, research in emerging technologies, and an ecosystem directory listing key actors and contact points.
Presenting the report, Julien Larios described it as “an entry gate” to Luxembourg’s connectivity landscape, and as a document “designed as a tool” for both national and international discussions.
Alongside project updates on vertical cabling, the Planetary platform (Luxembourg’s single Information point under the Gigabit Infrastructure Act), and consumer protection initiatives, the Connectivity Report was presented as a practical reference tool providing a consolidated overview of Luxembourg’s connectivity environment.
Data, infrastructure, and AI
Among the speakers was our CEO at LNDS, Bert Verdonck, who focused on the role of data within the broader connectivity discussion.
Bert emphasised that artificial intelligence depends on high-quality data, and that data itself depends on functioning, scalable infrastructure. As he noted:
Data does not flow on rainbows. It flows on real infrastructure.
Several trends were highlighted during his talk:
- Internet bandwidth continues to grow at around 24–25% annually.
- Data centre capacity is expected to double within five years, largely driven by AI workloads.
- The challenge is not only scale. It is control: how to avoid chaos while data volumes grow.
- Quality matters more than quantity.
- Combining data across organisations requires attention to sovereignty and compliance.
Using the Connectivity Report itself as an example, Bert illustrated the complexity behind structuring data at ecosystem level. The preparation of the report required 52 coordination meetings – a concrete example of the effort needed to consolidate dispersed information into a coherent and usable reference.
To bring structure to increasingly complex data environments, he proposed five dimensions to frame data challenges: domain, data type, organisational purpose, openness level and scale. A simple structuring approach, but one that can prevent confusion before projects even begin.
Skills, resilience, and sovereignty
The event also featured two panel discussions exploring skills, labour‑market dynamics, data access, and digital resilience.
Isabelle Schlesser (ADEM), Jens Kreisel (University of Luxembourg) and Tom Haas (STATEC) highlighted challenges in reliable labour‑market data, the need for interdisciplinary education, and the impact of automation—while stressing the importance of lifelong learning.
A second panel with Astrid Wagner (Arendt & Medernach), Michel Lanners (LU‑CIX) and Mert Bayraktar (SnT) addressed infrastructure robustness and digital sovereignty, emphasising diversification of networks, individual responsibility in cybersecurity, and smart, balanced regulation.
Together, the discussions highlighted the need for continued coordination between infrastructure development, data management and talent formation.
Maintaining Luxembourg’s digital competitiveness will depend not only on investment, but on structured collaboration across sectors.
Coordinating Infrastructure, Data and Talent
The MyConnectivity 2026 event provided a structured overview of Luxembourg’s digital infrastructure and the challenges ahead.
As the first Luxembourg Connectivity Report sets a reference baseline, the focus now turns to implementation and continued ecosystem coordination.