Data Centre Magazine September, Issue 52 | Page 96

PRYSMIAN GROUP
DESIGN & BUILD

PRYSMIAN GROUP

CEO: MASSIMO BATTAINI HEADQUARTERS: MILAN, ITALY FOUNDED: 1879 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 34,000 COUNTRIES: 50 +
Molex agreement takes Prysmian inside the data centre In July 2026, the company signed an agreement with Molex, part of Koch, worth up to € 5.5bn( US $ 6.35bn) over 10 years and supported by a € 550m( US $ 635.4m) upfront payment, covering optical cables to be deployed inside data centres.
It sits within a broader set of commercial initiatives with hyperscalers and data centre infrastructure providers that Prysmian expects to add more than € 10bn( US $ 11.6bn) in cumulative revenues to 2035 against a 2025 baseline, including up to € 1.1bn( US $ 1.2bn) a year from 2031.
“ This is a transformative moment for Prysmian’ s Digital Solutions,” says Massimo Battaini, CEO of Prysmian.
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