AMS-IX sets another traffic peak record as traffic demands continue to climb
AMS-IX, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange, says it set a new traffic peak record of 10.012 Tbps on the evening of April 7, 2021. The figure broke the previous record of approximately 9 Tbps set last November (see "AMS-IX sees more than 35% growth in 2020 data volume").
The internet exchange cites the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a recent spate of bad weather in the Netherlands with keeping people indoors and connected. AMS-IX says that many of the networks it serves have upgraded their port capacity accordingly.
“The pandemic has resulted in internet growth that makes us go back to the end of the ‘90s. Last year internet volume exchanged over AMS-IX grew over 35% and we see the same pattern for this year. We live in uncertain times, but you can be sure that internet traffic keeps on growing,” commented AMS-IX CEO Peter van Burgel.
AMS-IX says it is capable of handling such surges – and even a sudden doubling of traffic volumes, thanks to a total port capacity of 42 Tbps. The exchange has added more 100G ports to create this capacity cushion. More than 885 networks are connected to the AMS-IX hub, with 75% of them European in origin.
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