AMS-IX sees new traffic peaks sooner than forecasted
Amsterdam, 16 September 2015 – AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) has broken the peak Internet traffic barrier of 4 Terabits per second (Tbps). This milestone, together with the amount of connected IP networks (>700), underlines AMS-IX’s leading position within the global Internet Exchange Point market.
AMS-IX exceeded the 4 Tbps (4000 Gbps) of peak Internet traffic on September 16th at 8:30pm (CEST). AMS-IX reached the 3 Tbps in the same month last year and in November 2012 it hit the 2 Tbps. This demonstrates that the Internet traffic growth at AMS-IX has increased faster in the previous three years.
There are several important drivers for this growth of Internet traffic. AMS-IX has seen a strong increase in orders for new port capacity, an indication that its members and customers have prepared themselves for sustained growth in Internet traffic. In 2014 almost 3.5 Tbps of new member and customer port capacity was added to the AMS-IX peering platform, whilst in June 2015 this had already reached 3 Tbps. Next to this, the increasing use of mobile devices and data, cloud applications and online video have also contributed to driving IP traffic upward.
“Our strategy is aimed at growth, both in new parties and traffic, because continuous growth is what defines the value of an Internet Exchange,” said Job Witteman, CEO of AMS-IX. “To see AMS-IX breaking the 4 Tbps barrier after having already connected more parties in the first half of 2015 (60) than in the same period in previous years, makes us extremely positive about the future growth of the platform in the years to come.”
About AMS-IX
Established in the early 1990s, AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) is a neutral, non-profit and independent Internet Exchange based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. AMS-IX interconnects close to 750 IP networks and its business traffic has a peak of 4 Terabits per second, making it the largest Internet Exchange in the world.
The AMS-IX platform provides high-quality IP interconnection and peering services for all types of IP traffic, from regular IP data, Voice over IP, mobile Internet traffic to video. Peering allows these networks to offer their end-users (consumers and companies) stable, fast and cost-efficient Internet services.
AMS-IX additionally hosts the first mobile peering points worldwide: the Global GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX), the Mobile Data Exchange (MDX) and the first interconnection of IPX networks (Inter-IPX). AMS-IX deploys two exchanges abroad: AMS-IX Hong Kong in the Asia Pacific region and AMS-IX Caribbean in Curacao. AMS-IX’s affiliate AMS-IX USA Inc. deploys AMS-IX AMS-IX Bay Area, AMS-IX Chicago and AMS-IX New York in the United States. http://www.ams-ix.net
For more information about AMS-IX, please contact AMS-IX PR & Communications:
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Email: pr@ams-ix.net
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