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Orange: Partnership
Orange and Morrison infrastructure investor announced a 50/50 joint venture to build a data center company in France with €3 billion investment targeting 400 MW capacity (10x Orange's current capacity)
Source: Pulse2 — funding news
The leadership read
Alliances broaden the commercial surface, and the leadership need follows. Orange's partnership in Telecommunications widens demand for commercial and alliance leaders who turn an agreement into realised value. Across EMEA, watch whether dedicated senior ownership is put on it; unowned alliances quietly lapse.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 104.6 (Hot) (down 1.9 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-2.2pts) on signal share.
Orange: 4 signals in the last 90 days — above the Telecommunications median of 1 across 45 tracked companies; 0.2% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 4 tracked across 55 days.
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