This statistic provides a forecast of data center IP traffic from 2012 to 2021, broken down by data center type. In 2017, the amount of cloud data center IP traffic was 8,190 exabytes for the year. This is expected to increase to 19,509 exabytes per year by 2021.
Global data center IP traffic from 2012 to 2021, by data center type
(in exabytes per year)
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* Forecast Cloud Data Center: Traffic associated with cloud consumer and business applications
Traditional Data Center: Traffic associated with non-cloud consumer and business applications
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Cisco Systems. (February 1, 2018). Global data center IP traffic from 2012 to 2021, by data center type (in exabytes per year) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/227268/global-data-center-ip-traffic-growth-by-data-center-type/
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Cisco Systems. (2018). Global data center IP traffic from 2012 to 2021, by data center type (in exabytes per year). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/227268/global-data-center-ip-traffic-growth-by-data-center-type/
Cisco Systems. "Global Data Center Ip Traffic from 2012 to 2021, by Data Center Type (in Exabytes per Year)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/227268/global-data-center-ip-traffic-growth-by-data-center-type/
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