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This statistic offers a forecast for cloud data center traffic from 2015 to 2020. In 2015, the amount of cloud data center traffic reached 3.9 zettabytes. This is expected to grow to 7.7 zettabytes by 2017.
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Global cloud IP traffic 2015-2020
Global cloud IP traffic from 2015 to 2020 (in exabytes per year)
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+Forecast: global data center IP traffic 2012-2020, by data center type
+IT data center systems total worldwide spending 2012-2021
+Cloud workloads as a percentage global cloud data center workloads 2011-2020
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+Forecast: global data center IP traffic 2013-2020, by segment
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