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DE-CIX has achieved a new peak traffic record of more than 1 Terabit per second ( Tbit / s ) on its Dallas-based multi-service interconnection platform .
The new peak is pitched as the ‘ surest sign yet ’ of the rapid economic growth of the state of Texas and the potential of its digital economy .
This significant milestone , equivalent to the simultaneous streaming of over 330,000 HD videos per second , underscores the region ’ s rapid digital growth and its increasing reliance on robust Internet infrastructure .
Overall peak traffic at DE-CIX Dallas has risen by 61 % since the beginning of 2023 , and by as much as 194 % since early 2022 .
DE-CIX Dallas is now the fifth DE-CIX exchange globally to cross 1 Terabit of peak traffic , following in the footsteps of DE-CIX Frankfurt , DE-CIX New York , DE-CIX Madrid and DE-CIX Mumbai .
The area ’ s population density and low latency links to other Texas cities like Houston , Austin and San Antonio are also contributing to increased data traffic .
The recent surge in traffic can be explained by two key trends :
Increases in the live streaming of sports events are having an impact on the volume of data traffic in the region on particular days , leading to higher peak traffic .
Almost half of viewers in the US watch sport events online rather than on traditional broadcast networks .
For example , online live streaming of Thursday Night Football has increased by 15 % this season over last year .
Texas is also booming as an economy ; after California , Texas is the second-largest state in the US in terms of GDP and now rivals entire countries as one of the top ten economies in the world .
Neutrality and an open access model have been the bedrock of our success , not just in Dallas but across our global footprint .
Driving the second trend is the relocation of businesses to the Dallas area , increased traffic from Latin America , particularly Mexico , and a general move to cloud-based operations for Dallas businesses since the pandemic – also driving growth in data traffic in the long term .
“ Neutrality and an open access model have been the bedrock of our success , not just in Dallas but across our global footprint ,” said Ed d ’ Agostino , Vice President of DE-CIX North America .
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