A new data throughput record has been set by DE-CIX, the Internet Exchange (IX) operator. On April 8th at 15:10 ET a grand total of 25 terabits per second (Tbit/s) of peering traffic was pumped through DE-CIX Internet Exchanges (IXs) worldwide. This represents more than a doubling of global peering traffic at DE-CIX since 2020, up 130 per cent in five years. 25 Tbit/s would equate to the simultaneous streaming of nearly 14 million TikTok videos every second.

2024 saw traffic peak at the operator’s IX in Dallas, where the region crossed the 1 Tbit/s threshold for the first time. Unusually, this global traffic peak did not coincide with a traffic peak in a regional IX, but was the result of strong throughput across multiple regions – from Dallas and Madrid to Frankfurt and Istanbul.

“The peak last night is the result of higher than usual data traffic from the confluence of multiple events, including the live streaming of sport and software updates, alongside the usual consumption of digital content and services,” commented Dr Thomas King, CTO of DE-CIX. “This peak demonstrates the power of peering, the glue that binds together the different networks – including networks that supply video content, software downloads, and mobile Internet – that make up the Internet.”

In 2024, the operator saw a total throughput of 68 exabytes across 3,400 connected networks at its sites, marking a new record for global data traffic volume in the 12-month period.

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