THE GLOBAL INTERCONNECTION INDEX
A New Global Baseline for the Digital Economy
The Global Interconnection Index, published by Equinix, is a new global baseline that tracks, measures and forecasts the growth of Interconnection Bandwidth*.
Interconnection Bandwidth Growth Projected to Outpace Public Internet by 2020
Private data exchange between businesses is forecasted to grow nearly 2x faster—and by nearly 6x in data volume—than global IP traffic.
United States is expected to grow 40% per annum to reach 1,800+ Tbps of installed capacity by 2020, contributing more than a third (36%) of Interconnection Bandwidth globally
40%
expected Interconnection Bandwidth growth per year
1,800+
Tbps of data consumed per second
36%
of total Interconnection Bandwith globally
Latin America is expected to grow 62% per annum to reach 620+ Tbps of installed capacity, contributing 13% of Interconnection Bandwidth globally.
62%
expected Interconnection Bandwidth growth per year
620+
Tbps of data consumed per second
13%
of total Interconnection Bandwidth globally
Europe is expected to grow 44% per annum to reach 1,450+ Tbps by 2020, contributing more than a quarter (29%) of Interconnection Bandwidth globally.
44%
expected Interconnection Bandwidth growth per year
1,450+
Tbps of data consumed per second
29%
of total Interconnection Bandwidth globally
Asia-Pacific is expected to grow 46% per annum to reach 1,120+ Tbps of installed capacity, approaching nearly a quarter (22%) of Interconnection Bandwidth globally.
46%
expected Interconnection Bandwidth growth per year
1,120+
Tbps of data consumed per second
22%
of total Interconnection Bandwidth globally
*Interconnection Bandwidth is defined as the total capacity provisioned to privately and directly exchange traffic with a diverse set of counterparties and providers at distributed IT exchange points.
GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
The Global Interconnection Index captures a critical component to enabling digital business: Interconnection. Reliable and robust Interconnection capabilities across ecosystems like those outlined in the Index will be increasingly important for companies to enable new paths for global growth and opportunity.
-Munu Gandhi, Vice President, Core Infrastructure Services, Aon
Digital Is Transforming Every Major Industry
Interconnection is emerging pervasively to scale digital business transformation with growth projected across all major industries.
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